Cambodia is demanding an explanation from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on how relics from the Khmer Empire ended up in its possession. Recovering stolen treasures: Cambodian authorities are ...

The Khmer Empire was one of the most powerful in the region from the ninth to early 15th centuries. At its peak, it extended over much of what is now Thailand, Cambodia, Laos (Lao PDR), and southern ...

Angkor Wat is the onetime capital of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia and spiritual center for Buddhists around the world. Now the UNESCO World Heritage site is banning selfies with monks (more on that ...

An ancient 'lost city' of the Khmer Empire has been rediscovered in Cambodia by scientists using aerial mapping techniques, a new report has revealed. Mahendraparvata - an eighth to ninth century ...

Researchers have uncovered an ancient "lost city" that was one of the first capitals of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia, according to a new study published by Cambridge University Press. Scientists led ...

Editor's note: there is a photo accompanying this release. The archaeology world is buzzing about recent discoveries in Angkor, which have revealed unprecedented insight into the Khmer Empire, the ...

The Minneapolis Institute of Art highlights work from 12th- and 13th-century Angkor—the heart of the Khmer empire—and beyond ...

Archaeologists in Cambodia have used jungle-penetrating laser to confirm the location and layout of an ancient capital city associated with the early stages of the Khmer Empire. Researchers from the ...

The Khmer Empire, at its height, was one of the most powerful and wealthiest empires in the entire world. And the Khmer made ...