Archeological site ,The South Gate of Angkor Thom leads to Bayon Temple. The city of Angkor Thom, Cambodia was built in the late 12th/early 13th century by the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII.It is full of these enigmatic faces, often facing in all four cardinal directions. Are these the face of the God-King or the Buddha?

Archeological site ,The South Gate of Angkor Thom leads to Bayon Temple. The city of Angkor Thom, Cambodia was built in the late 12th/early 13th century by the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII.It is full of these enigmatic faces, often facing in all four cardinal directions. Are these the face of the God-King or the Buddha? Stock Photo
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4180 x 4180 px | 35.4 x 35.4 cm | 13.9 x 13.9 inches | 300dpi

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23 March 2018

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Charles Mahaux

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Archeological site , The South Gate of Angkor Thom leads to Bayon Temple. The city of Angkor Thom, Cambodia was built in the late 12th/early 13th century by the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII.It is full of these enigmatic faces, often facing in all four cardinal directions. Are these the face of the God-King or the Buddha?