The Ta Keo Temple is enormous, rising over 21.6 meters, making it one of the tallest buildings at Angkor.

Detail of a sculpture at Ta Keo.

Ta Keo was the state temple of Jayavarman V, who ruled from 968 to 1001. Sometime during his reign, The king took up residence on the east side of the East Baray, and moved the capital to the west bank.

Incredibly steep stairs in Ta Keo Temple

The Animal's different images are carved in the walls in Ta Keo Temple

Today only a tower in the south-west survives, similar to the corner towers of Ta Keo, with an unusual single door to the south.

Ta Keo is a temple that has yet to be completed due to the death of King Jayavarman V.

The large rocks of this temple have been sorted, but the carving workers have not returned, so this temple now has a unique image with natural and solid beauty, which is simple throughout the temple.

Ta Keo Temple, located east of the Angkor Thom Temple Complex, was built to worship Shiva.

Ta Keo Temple is a rock temple that is a little dangerous because of its own height, it is upright, and it lacks any adhesive matter, giving tourists the impression that the temple could collapse at any time.

It takes about an hour to explore and visit the entire Ta Keo Temple, this is a relic that demonstrates the skillfulness of Khmer architects in building a large waste project.

The deserted landscape and the lack of a genie to worship in Ta Keo Temple, as well as the fact that it had not yet finished construction in the past, made Ta Keo Temple the most unfortunate temple in the Angkor Temple Complex.

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