Angkor Wat

      Angkor Wat was built between roughly A.D. 113 and 1150, and encompassing an area of about 500 acres. Angkor Wat is one of the largest religious monuments ever constructed. It's name means " temple city".
     Originally built as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu, it was converted into a Buddhist temple inn the 14th century, and statues of Buddha were already rich artwork.
     Angkor Wat itself is surrounded by a 650-foot-wide moat that encompasses a perimeter of more then 3 miles. This moat is 13 feet deep and would have helped stabilize the temple's foundation, preventing groundwater from rising too high or falling to low. Hidden paintings have recently been found in the central tower.

      This blog post is going to be about the Great Pyramid of Giza, it is the
oldest and largest of the three pyramids. Is the only surviving structure out of the famed Seven Wonders of the ancient world.
       Was built for Khufu ( Cheops, in Greek) the second of the eight kings of the fourth dynasty. Its original height is 147 meters tall making it the largest pyramid in the world. Three smaller pyramids were built for Khufu's queens and are lined up next to the Great Pyramid. The middle pyramid at Giza was built for Khufu's son Khafre.
      The Great Sphinx, a guardian statue carved in limestone with head of a man and the body of a lion and 66 feet high was built inside his son's pyramid. It was the largest statue in the ancient world, measuring 240 feet long and 66 feet high.
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