Angkor Wat
How did a 12th-century kingdom quarry, move, and raise several million sandstone blocks — some hauled nearly 40 kilometers from a mountain quarry — into a temple-mountain so precisely built and aligned that its central tower still catches the sunrise at the equinox?
early-to-mid 12th century CE · Angkor, Siem Reap Province, CambodiaAdded July 2026