Angkor Wat was once a Hindu shrine ... It’s surrounded by a 3.1-mile-long moat and a 15-foot wall. An elaborate system of canals, reservoirs, and embankments was built to manage water.
and oceans (the moat). This vast temple complex within a city is like the Vatican in Rome, yet at 1 sq km it is over twice as large. After all, ‘Angkor Wat’ means ‘city temple’.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Wild monkeys egged on by YouTubers have been rampaging at Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat complex, attacking tourists, wrecking temple stonework and damaging information ...