KOH KER TEMPLE (SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA)
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Koh Ker Temple is a remote archaeological site in northern Cambodia about 120 kilometres (75 mi) away from Siem Reap Province, Cambodia and It was the ancient site of Angkor. Koh Ker Temple is the modern name for an important city of the Khmer empire, and was the capital of the Khmer empire for a very brief period from the year 928 to 944 AD. In inscriptions the town is mentioned as Lingapura means the city of shiva lingams or Chok Gargyar, sometimes translated as city of glance, sometimes as iron tree forest.
In this short time some very spectacular buildings and immense sculptures were constructed. The site is dominated by Prasat Thom, a 30 meter (98 ft) tall temple pyramid rising high above the surrounding jungle. A giant Garuda (mythical half-man, half-bird creature), carved into the stone blocks, still guard the very top, although its partially covered now. Left to the jungle for nearly a millennium, Koh Ker Temple was one of Cambodia’s most remote and inaccessible temple destinations. This has now changed thanks to recent de-mining and the opening of a new toll road. It is a very jungle filled region that is sparsely populated cover on the area of more than 180 sanctuaries were found in a protected area of 81 square kilometres or 31 sq/mi. Only about two dozen monuments can be visited by tourists because most of the sanctuaries are hidden in the forest and the whole area is not fully demined.
