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Unmade Stone Temple in Siem Reap

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Many stones laid out in the jungle that used to make a stone temple

When I was visiting Siem Reap there were numerous locations where work was going on to put temples back together. That included less know smaller temples but even Ta Prohm had quite a bit of stones being arranged to rebuild parts of the temple complex.

Related: Leper King Terrace, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia – Banyon Tree Overgrowing Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia – Bayon Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Reclining Buddha at Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand

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large reclining Buddha (in gold) with inscriptions on large feet

The Reclining Buddha statue at Wat Pho is 15 meters tall and 46 meters long. The statue and the building that houses it were created in 1832.

Related: Statues, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand – National Museum of Korea in Seoul – Borobudur in Java, Indonesia – Getting An Early Start Traveling Around the World in Bangkok, Thailand

Leper King Terrace, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia

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stone carvings of people on a wall

I think this areas is called the Leper King Terrace on the North end of the Terrace of the Elephants in the Angkor Thom complex, north of Bayon temple (Siem Reap, Cambodia). There is a narrow pathway that winds between the wall of the terrace.

Related: Buddhist Temple Adjacent to Bayon Temple – Bayon Temple, Siem Reap, Cambodia – Carving at Angor Wat