Angkor Wat
Ancient site
The largest temple complex in the world, in the Cambodian jungle.
Angkor Wat in Cambodia was built in the twelfth century by the Khmer king Suryavarman II. It began as a Hindu temple and later became a Buddhist one.
Five towers shaped like lotus buds rise in the middle. Around the temple runs a moat 190 metres wide. The Cambodians are so proud of it that it is on their flag.
- century
- 12th
- towers
- 5
- the moat is wide
- 190 m
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The walls are covered with hundreds of metres of stories carved in stone.
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For centuries the jungle grew over the temples around it. Tree roots still wrap around some of them.
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Many people come before dawn to see the sun rise behind the towers.
Question 1 of 2
On which country's flag is Angkor Wat?
- Ha Long BayA green sea dotted with more than 1,600 limestone islands.
- BaganA plain in Myanmar with more than two thousand temples, as far as you can see.
- YangtzeThe longest river in Asia cuts China in two.
- Chocolate HillsMore than a thousand round hills in the Philippines that turn brown in the dry season.
It is in Cambodia.
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