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    This is a picture of Baphuon in 2008! Go back 2 pictures in this album and you'll see what it looks like in 2012-- just 4 years and what a difference!: by sglass, Views[158]
         		 A wonderful little mini-exhibit on Baphuon's tragic recent history: by sglass, Views[145]
         		 Beautiful Baphuon (this temple is HUGE as well): by sglass, Views[142]
         		 Climbing up Baphuon, an archaeological
         		 by sglass, Views[120]
     
    Baphuon, like many temples, was taken apart when it was found by archaeologists, in order to be put back together in a fully restored manner. Except then the Khmer Rouge happened and they destroyed all the archaeologists' records! Meaning this temple was doomed to just be piles of stones like you see here. It wasn't until a LOT of funding & research could be devoted to this temple that they could start trying to piece it back together. They started in 2008 and still have a long way to go but the amount they've restored so far is amazing. That's why this is called the World's Largest Jigsaw Puzzle.: by sglass, Views[173]
         		 A shot of the rebuilt Baphuon temple wall-- extra stones still on the ground outside: by sglass, Views[175]
         		 Baphuon Temple: by sglass, Views[155]
         		 One more shot of stones- they are actually important because Baphuon is known as
         		 Stones littered this entire area for as far as you could see: by sglass, Views[160]
     
    by sglass, Views[120]
         		 Baphuon temple (we approached it from behind): by sglass, Views[151]
         		 Coming up to the outer wall of the Baphuon temple: by sglass, Views[144]
         		 by sglass, Views[227]
         		 Somewhere along the trail we came across more ruins overgrown with trees- photo op!: by sglass, Views[190]
     
    by sglass, Views[110]
         		 Some still-standing remains of the Palace complex's wall: by sglass, Views[136]
         		 We found one of the
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         		 We walked through the whole site-- all that's left to indicate what used to be here are mossy blocks of stone: by sglass, Views[116]
     
    Rubble and jungle on the former site of the Angkorian Royal Palace: by sglass, Views[139]
         		 This was a lake or reservoir for the palace back in the day: by sglass, Views[104]
         		 This temple, and some archaeological features, are all that is left of the royal palace. There are blocks of stone everywhere, and some of the compounds walls still stand to mark its borders, but the palace itself- gone: by sglass, Views[118]
         		 The ruins of a small royal temple when you first walk into the royal compound: by sglass, Views[111]
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         		 Central gateway into the palace compound on top of Elephant Terrace: by sglass, Views[93]
         		 Carvings along elephant terrace: by sglass, Views[101]
         		 Walking along the top of Elephant Terrace. At one time this was the huge, over-the-top terraced entryway into the Royal Palace complex: by sglass, Views[95]
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         		 Some of the elephants of Elephant Terrace : by sglass, Views[112]
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    Elephants coming out of the wall give this its name- Elephant Terrace: by sglass, Views[114]
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         		 Looking past the trench from Leper King Terrace to Elephant Terrace: by sglass, Views[617]
         		 Buddha statue on top of the Terrace of the Leper King (I think this one is a replica for the actual one they found here- it's now in a museum): by sglass, Views[212]
     
    View down into the archaeology trench from above: by sglass, Views[103]
         		 Walking up to the top of the terrace-- this was ajoining a different, even bigger terrace that formed the grand entryway to the Angkorian Royal Palace: by sglass, Views[99]
         		 Standing outside the terrace wall: by sglass, Views[97]
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    You can walk through the trench (about 15ft deep) to see the amazing carvings that this previous layer was covered in: by sglass, Views[115]
         		 Archaelogical trench they cut through this
         		 Speaking of elephants... here's one carved into our next stop-
         		 An elephant came up to us on our way out...: by sglass, Views[128]
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