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Angkor wat- the temple of temples

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APSARA DANCE-Meant for the Gods,now enjoyed by mere mortals( that too with a complemetary buffet dinner @usd 15 only) How can men,born in flesh and destroyed in fire,be immortal like the Gods? What would you do to make yourself immortal if you were born a king! Pharaoh Khufu built the Great pyramid of Giza, Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty built the great Wall of China, Sahajahan of Moghuls built the Taj, but the Khemr kings made themselves immortal in the annals of human history by the Angkor temples, “ with the epic proportions of the Great Wall of China, the detail and intricacy of the Taj Mahal and the symbolism and symmetry of the pyramids, all rolled into one" Before beginning our Tomb Raider Lara Craft experience in the ancient ruins of Angkor Wat, let us rush a bit through the boring history books!(I will try to make it interesting) Kampuchia or Kambojdesh Jayavarman II declared himself the Rajchakrabarti Debraja of Kambuj in 802AD....