Download or read book Angkor Wat written by Michael Falser and published by de Gruyter. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication conceptualizes Angkor Wat within the modern construct of cultural heritage. It establishes the temple's history from the discovery and its role as a archaeological park by French colonial archaeologists; its canonization as a symbol of national identity through independence, civil war, Khmer Rouge terror, and Vietnamese occupation; and finally as a global icon of contemporary heritage schemes within a newly born Cambodian nation.