Languages: English, Spanish Archaeologists have shed new light on an ancient city hidden in the Cambodian jungle that was once the capital of the powerful Khmer Empire. The empire ruled over vast ...

Mahendraparvata was one of the first capitals in the Khmer Empire, which lasted from the 9th to 15th centuries AD, but much of what we know come from inscriptions recovered from other sites.

When Cambodian "prince" Jayavarman II was consecrated around 802 CE, the Angkor Civilization (aka the Khmer people) arose. The Khmer Empire was known for many reasons, including its monumental ...

The Khmer Empire was one of the most powerful in the region from the ninth to early 15th centuries. At its peak, it extended over much of what is now Thailand, Cambodia, Laos (Lao PDR), and ...

Phnom Kulen is only some 25 miles north of a metropolis that reached its zenith three centuries later—the greatest city of the Khmer Empire, and possibly the most glorious religious center in ...

The temple, built in the early 12th century CE, served as the religious capital of the Khmer Empire. It was long believed the Khmer Empire collapsed after the neighboring Empire of Ayutthaya ...

Little is yet known about the jewelry and its significance, but Gordon believes that the jewelry was once worn by the kings and queens of an ancient Khmer Empire that spanned Vietnam, Laos ...

Researchers are claiming that the ancient Angkorian Khmer Empire established the world’s first healthcare system within the government structure, with a total of 102 hospitals built throughout the ...

Mahendraparvata was one of the first capitals in the Khmer Empire, which lasted from the 9th to 15th centuries AD, but much of what we know come from inscriptions recovered from other sites.