Koh Ker Angkorian site - notice board explaining site cleared from Khmer Rouge mines in 2007

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Koh Ker is an Angkorian site 100 km northeast of Angkor itself. It was briefly the capital of the Khmer empire between 928 and 944 under king Jayavarman IV and his son Hasavarman II. After the Khmer empire had been established in the Angkor area (Roluos), Jayavarman IV moved the capital in 928 almost 100km northeast to Koh Ker. Here a vast number of temples were built under his reign, until his successor returned to the Angkor area about 20 years later. Only recently in 2007 was the site cleared from Khmer Rouge mines, thus making it now accessible.

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Size: 4066px × 2709px
Location: Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
Photo credit: © François-Olivier Dommergues / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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