Temple Specifics

A milestone photo report on Khmer temples completed just months before the closing-down of the country by the Khmer Rouge.

In English

Centered on the Bayon, a diachronic reinterpretation of historical assumptions about the reign of Jayavarman VII, and Angkor during the 16th century

In English

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

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

In English

An English translation of famous "Le Glaize", the reference 1944 Architectural Guide by Angkor Conservator Maurice Glaize.

In English

The spatial development of pre-Angkorean and Angkorean religious and social systems in a vast area spreading from Tonle Sap Lake to Phnom Kulen.

In French

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

In French

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

The astonishingly vivid and detailed Geography of India and Indochina by French free-thinker Élisée Reclus.

In French

'In the minds of the Khmers, these ruins were never inert buildings without souls, but monuments with a vital quality that still attracts all who see them.'

In English

An erudite and intimate study on Preah Vihear and its cliff, "an open air theater for the cosmic dance of Shiva".

In English

With a map of "Indochina", an expanded version of Pere Bouillevaux's 1858 book.

In French

A research project on "Heritage as a Transcultural Concept - Angkor Vat from an Object of Colonial Archaeology to a Contemporary Global Icon."

In English & German

The visionary park-museum launched in 1963 by Lek Viriyaphant in Bangkok, "from dawn to the Siam civilization".

In English, Chinese, Thai & Korean

One of the first Russian extensive accounts of Cambodia at the end of the 19th century, by erudite and diplomat G.A. de Vollan

In Russian

In-progress: the first immersive 3D museum dedicated to the Khmer heritage in Siem Reap.

In English, French & Khmer

How a young architect became one of the greatest archaeologists and conservators at Angkor.

In French

An official yet quite lyrical filmic summary of Modern Cambodia's Golden Age.

In French & Khmer

The Vihear (Monastery) Phnom Bei, Kulen foothills.

In English & Khmer

One of the first (silent) documentaries on Angkor, produced for a French educational film program.

In English & French