UNESCO LIST KOH KER TEMPLE REGION AS WORLD HERITAGE IN PREAH VIHEAR PROVINCE,KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA Thursday, October 24, 2024
UNESCO LIST KOH KER TEMPLE REGION AS WORLD HERITAGE IN PREAH VIHEAR PROVINCE,KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA 🇰🇭
The ancient temple region of Koh Ker has become Cambodia’s fourth historical and cultural tourism destination to be listed as UNESCO's World Heritage on September 17 -2023 during the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Koh Ker Temple is a remote archaeological site in northern Cambodia about 120 Km away from Siem Reap.The site is about Two and Half Hours away from Siem Reap. Koh Ker was once an ancient capital of Cambodia, built by two Khmer kings King Jayarvaraman IV and Harshavaraman II between (928–944 AD).
The temple is 35 meters high, and its design resembles a seven-stepped stupa.
The temple faces west toward Angkor city. It was built in reverence to Treypuvanesvara (a Hindu god of happiness). All together 96 temples have been found in the Koh Ker Complex, but many of them are no longer standing and some are buried in the ground.
The monument itself (namely the Prasat Thom Pyramid).Since 1992 the site of Koh Ker is on the UNESCO tentative world heritage list.
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