At 400 acres, Angkor Wat (“temple city” or “temple that is a city” in Khmer, the language of Cambodia) is considered the largest religious structure in the world. Yet despite its size ...

This story appears in the July 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. From the air, the centuries-old temple appears and vanishes like a hallucination. At first it is no more than an umber ...

Paused in a jungle clearing in northwestern Cambodia ... history of mankind: Angkor, derived from the Sanskrit word nagara, or holy city, site of the famed temple Angkor Wat.

Yet nothing has moved him in the same way as Angkor Wat (see above) in Cambodia, where "scale, artistry and location are all superlative." Angkor Wat is actually just one of more than a dozen ...

Fly over the captivating landscapes of Cambodia with this stunning drone footage. This unique footage reveals the ancient temples of Angkor Wat, the lush jungles, and the serene Tonle Sap Lake.