Preah Khan, Spring 2008
Looking down a hallway that ends with some rubble. |
A guardian carving. |
Apsaras between windows. |
A corner area of the buildings. |
A view across the central part of the temple. |
More carvings overhead. |
A quiet looking Apsara. |
Looking through a walkway. |
Looking down a hallway. |
Looking up at a crumbling cover for the walkway. |
The center stele in the temple. |
A collapsed building with lots of rubble. |
A partially crumbled wall with Apsaras. |
Floral carvings on a fallen wall. |
Displaced stones line a hallway. |
A carving on the corner of a stone. |
Looking out from a window. |
A sagging window and rubble. |
A closer look att he sagging window and other windows behind it. |
A guardian carved on the interior of one of the buildings. |
Another interior guardian figure. |
Patricia tries to look enlightened in a sun bathed hallway. |
Shallow interior bird carvings. |
Another interior guardian. |
Interior guardian and part of an Apsara on a corner. |
A doorway which was, until recently, being crushed by a tree. |
A view of one of the outer walls with rubble scattered through the interior. |
Another view of the tree. Trees are double edged swords in regards to these temples. They both crush the ancient buildings and hold them together at the same time. Which is why removing the trees is so difficult. |
An Apsara surrounded by decorative carvings. |
Carvings above a doorway. |
An Apsara with a large crack running through her. |
A doorway with a collapsing roof. |
Dancing stone figures. |
More dancing stone figures. |
One last set of dancing figures. |
Stone supports and pillars. |
A stone entryway. |
A closeup of the Garuda on the corner. |
An angled view of the same Garuda. |
An Apsara with unusual hair. |
A library at Preah Khan. Libraries are the generic name for a lot of these side galleries. |
A lion with a well preserved face. |
Front view of the lion's face. |
A closer view of the face from an angle. |