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The city’s population swelled to a then-record 750,000. Angkor Wat continued to be a Hindu temple until the 1300s, when it was formally rededicated as a Buddhist site.

If the 900,000 estimate is correct, “this means that the population of Angkor was roughly comparable to the almost 1 million people who lived in ancient Rome at its height,” co-authors Carter ...

Beyond Angkor Wat: Cambodia’s Next Big Move in Global Tourism Dec. 29, 2024 12:52 AM PT ...

Angkor Wat is the best known, but there are more than 300 temples in the Siem Reap area, and more than 1,000 in Cambodia, many of them still entangled by the jungle.