Bayon, Angkor, Cambodia
About 800 years ago the city in which the Bayon once stood was one of the most modern in the world - it's population was about a million people at a time when London was only 30,000! The temple looks like a pile of rubble until you get close enough to make out all the sculpted faces - apparently they are a likeness of the emperor at the time, Jayavarman VII.
posted by Jonathan at 8:29 AM
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