TA PROHM TEMPLE IS LOCATED AT ANGKOR, CAMBODIA. UNLIKE MOST OF THE OTHER ANGKOR TEMPLES, THE RUINS HAVE BEEN LEFT ESSENTIALLY IN THE CONDITION THEY WERE FOUND. THE MOST DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF THE RUINS IS THE TREE GROWING FROM IT, WHICH IS FOR THE MOST PART HOLDING THE RUINS TOGETHER, BUT ALSO CAUSING ITS DEMISE BY DETERIORATING THE STRUCTURE. IT WAS BUILT BY KING JAYAVARMAN VII AS A MAHAYANA BUDDHIST MONASTERY AND UNIVERSITY IN THE LATE 12TH AND EARLY 13TH CENTURY. THIS TEMPLE WAS MADE FAMOUS BY ITS APPEARANCE IN THE MOVIE TOMB RAIDER, BUT TRULY IS ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY SITES IN THE WORLD.
PHOTO EDITED BY KRISTIN HARRIS
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