One of the first accounts of Angkor and the surrounding Kingdom of Cambodia by a Western traveler.

In English

The magnus opus of philologist and Old Khmer specialist Philip Jenner.

In English & Old Khmer

With rumors of Indochina war as a backdrop, a highly personal and highly enjoyable travelogue through Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia in 1950-1.

In English

A rare guidebook of Phnom Penh published in 1992, when the capital city was still emerging from civil war. With a quick hop to Angkor.

In English

One of the major must-read studies on Cambodia history.

In English

A major study on regional and global trade historic phases, their impact on development of polities and kingdoms around 1th-16th centuries Southeast asia.

In English

An inspired and perceptive exploration of the remains of the Ancient Khmer civilization at the start of the colonial era.

In French

Adventurer and gifted explorer William Dampier's view on early Southeast Asia

In English

A crosscultural, multidisciplinary, study on water, its economic and social impact, and its symbolism.

In English

Worship of Agni (God of Fire) and fire-shrines from Khorat and Buriram to Cambodia along 'the Angkor-Phimai route".

In English

Paintings and sketches by a prolific artist who visited Angkor starting from 1919.

In French

A laudatory, one-sided, study on the less than two years André Malraux spent in then Indochina, from December 1923 to December 1925.

In English

An endearing description of Angkor and other Khmer temples, enriched with private conversations with King Sihanouk.

In English

The first and only collection of Spanish and Portuguese written sources on Angkor, predating the Angkorian "rediscovery" by more than 300 years.

In English, Portuguese & Spanish

The discovery of 274 discarded Buddhist statues at Prasat Banteay Kdei in March and August 2001 by a team of Sophia University and Cambodian archaeologists.

In English

Far from cold scientific studies, an endearing invocation of Angkor and its ancient civilization by an Indian historian, poet and master in esoterism.

Following Michel Butor's soaring vision of Angkor, the more conventional, scholarly but extremely enjoyable historical essay by Nouth Narang.

A personal vision of some major Angkorean temples (and the daily life within) by a free-lance photographer.

In English

The first published account of Angkor by an American woman, an intrepid traveler that had longed to see the Khmer temples "with a longing such as youth knows."

In English

A remarkable approach of Angkor and pre-Angkorian structures by a Japanese architect and specialist of Hindu-Buddhist architecture