Angkor Wat: City Of The God Kings Khmer History Of Angkor Wat Temple

Lost Worlds investigates the very latest archaeological finds at three remote and hugely significant sites - Angkor Wat, Troy and Persepolis.

Lost Worlds travels to each site and through high-end computer graphics, lavish re-enactment and the latest archaeological evidence brings them to stunning televisual life. From the 900-year-old remains of Angkor Wat in the Cambodian jungle the staggering City of the God Kings is recreated. From Project Troia, in North West Turkey, the location of the biggest archaeological expedition ever mounted the lost city is stunningly visualised and finally from Persepolis the city and the great Persian Empire are brought to life.

Nowadays, the temple is also the spirit of Cambodia because it is one of the few beautiful and well-known cultures in the world.

Angkor Wat was built in the early 12th century by King Suryavarman II as a state temple and his capital, and finished construction in the reign of Jayavarman VII.

 It is the best preserved of Angkor temples. Angkor Wat is an architectural masterpiece of Khmer civilization and has become a symbol of Cambodia's appearance on the national flag. Angkor Wat, the name of the temple, means "Angkor temple" Angkor from the Sanskrit Sanskrit Nokor, meaning the capital and pagoda, the Khmer word for temples.The temple was originally a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu, then Buddhism, because Cambodia returned to Buddhism as a religion of the state.

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