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Fri Nov 2, 2012, 08:48 AM Nov 2012

Mystery of Angkor Wat's huge stones solved

"In the 12th century, King Suryavarman II of the Khmer Empire began work on a 500-acre temple in the capital city of Angkor, in what is now Cambodia. The complex was built to honor the Hindu god Vishnu, but 14th-century leaders converted the site into a Buddhist temple."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57543680/mystery-of-angkor-wats-huge-stones-solved/

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