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Can you spot Ru?
"So the temple is held in a stranglehold of trees. Stone and wood clasp each other in grim hostility; yet all is silent and still, without any visible movement to indicate their struggle - as if they were wrestlers suddenly petrified, struck motionless in the middle of a fight. The rounds in this battle were not measured by minutes, but by centuries" Rt Hon M MacDonald 1965. |
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Ta Prohm was left
untouched by archaeologists, except for the clearing of a
path for visitors and structural strengthening to stave
off further deterioration. Because of its natural state,
it is possible to experience at this temple some of the
wonder of the early explorers, when they came upon these
monuments in the middle of the 19th century.
The North GateShrouded in jungle, the temple of Ta Prohm is ethereal in aspect and conjures up a romantic aura. Trunks of trees twist amongst stone pillars. Fig, banyan and kapok trees spread their gigantic roots over, under and in between the stones, probing walls and terraces apart, as their branches and leaves intertwine to form a roof above the structures. |
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