<p>Icon of Khmer civilization, Angkor Wat in Cambodia endures as a revered religious shrine.</p>
Icon of Khmer civilization, Angkor Wat in Cambodia endures as a revered religious shrine.
Divining Angkor
After rising to sublime heights, the sacred city may have engineered its own downfall
This story appears in the July 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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