by Lindsay Shapka in Travel, History, culture
UNESCO World Heritage Sites are more than just landmarks or tourist attractions — they are globally recognized treasures that hold significant cultural, historical, and natural value.
Whether a site showcases human ingenuity, natural beauty, or a combination of both, these places serve as a reminder of our shared heritage and responsibility to preserve it for future generations.
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For hundreds of years, the ancient Khmer rulers put all of their time, and a lot of resources, into filling the jungle with impressive temples that were the seat of both religious and political power in what is now called Cambodia.
Read Moreby Lindsay Shapka in History, culture, Discovey, Travel
In 1975, the Khmer Rouge — one of the most lethal regimes of the 20th century — took over Cambodia.
Led by Pol Pot, the regime forced the Cambodian people to work on collective farms and labor projects, as a form of agrarian communism. Sympathetic to the peasants, they killed all who they deemed to be “New People,” or those who lived in the city at the time of their take over.
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