The statues — depicting so-called “door guardians ... the last capital of the Khmer Empire, said Long Kosal, spokesman for ...

Experts say the statue is the most important to have been ... Last year the complex - which was built over different periods of the Khmer empire from the ninth to the 15th centuries - attracted ...

The statues were discovered last week near the north gate leading to the 11th-century Royal Palace at Angkor Thom, the last ...

Some claim that a bloody battle caused people to evacuate, others that it was caused by changes in religion (Khmer's Hinduism was replaced by Buddhism around the 13th and 14th centuries).