Southeast Asia

This torso of a standing Buddha statue from the 14th century in the northern Thai town Chiang Saen is different from what Westerners are used

Bangkok quickly grew after it was founded by the new Chakri Dynasty in 1782, but it never developed into a grid pattern like Chicago or

  The Khmer Rouge tried to stamp out religion in the late 1970s. Monks were forced to disrobe, pick up hoes, and labor in rice

Greek gods and Indian concepts of the universe’s vastness never cease to wow, but-   -a look at the Buddha’s footprints in Wat Pho reveals

Cambodia has so many ancient Khmer temples and so much natural beauty that they will always give you new things to see. But it also has

The Khmers knew how to start with a big bang. The temple on Phnom Krom was built by an early Khmer king, Yasovarman I or

The old town of Chiang Saen presides at a historic place on the Mekong–many ancestors of the Thai people crossed into this area when they migrated from

People in Thailand created a different way of ordering the world than Egyptian temples and pyramids.   Previous articles here explored some of the enchantments

The historic northern Thai town of Chiang Saen is full of ancient Buddhist monuments, but Wat Phra That Chedi Luang is its main shrine. People from all walks of life still pay their respects