{"id":51852,"date":"2019-10-21T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=51852"},"modified":"2019-10-20T08:23:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T12:23:04","slug":"building-angkor-temple-city-extra-history-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/10\/21\/building-angkor-temple-city-extra-history-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Angkor &#8211; Temple City &#8211; Extra History &#8211; #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pxbW_L9O7Rg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Extra Credits<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 19 Oct 2019<\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon! <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/EHPatreon\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/EHPatreon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a little tour around Suryavarman II crowning achievement, the temple that took only 33 years to complete, while Europeans were taking centuries to build their cathedrals. With a two mile long wall, gates large enough to allow elephants to pass and steps so steep that the average person needed to climb them like a ladder, Angkor Wat&#8217;s every feature was made to be impressive. But what lies at the heart might be surprising&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-21-Building-Angkor-\u2013-Temple-City-\u2013-Extra-History-\u2013-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-21-Building-Angkor-\u2013-Temple-City-\u2013-Extra-History-\u2013-2-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-51854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-21-Building-Angkor-\u2013-Temple-City-\u2013-Extra-History-\u2013-2-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-21-Building-Angkor-\u2013-Temple-City-\u2013-Extra-History-\u2013-2-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-21-Building-Angkor-\u2013-Temple-City-\u2013-Extra-History-\u2013-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-21-Building-Angkor-\u2013-Temple-City-\u2013-Extra-History-\u2013-2-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Screenshot_2019-10-21-Building-Angkor-\u2013-Temple-City-\u2013-Extra-History-\u2013-2.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extra Credits Published 19 Oct 2019 Join us on Patreon! http:\/\/bit.ly\/EHPatreon Let&#8217;s take a little tour around Suryavarman II crowning achievement, the temple that took only 33 years to complete, while Europeans were taking centuries to build their cathedrals. 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