Walking the Royal Road: The Ancient Kingdom of Angkor

Dr. Jennifer Foley of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts lectures on the ancient Southeast Asian kingdom of Angkor and the structures at Angkor Wat.

[@titonathdith1522]

Thank you for the educational presentation. I’m proud of my Khmer heritage. There have been lots of wars that have hindered the development of the country and devastated the arts. I appreciate you for emphasizing the rich history that Cambodia had in the past. I know that the country will flourish again in time.

[@jket65]

Wow! this video is awesome. I learn more Khmer history then the last 25 years I've lived.Thank you! Virginiamseum! And thank you; DR. Jennifer Foley. You did great.

[@phornmoon]

the best presentation ever.... i can tell how much she love being in Angkore wat. every time i went to visit cambodia i always make my way to go visit Angkor wat, thank for wonderful video... this is showing how glorious time of Angkoran.

[@camae62]

I was there twice. It's so wonderful of being there. I saw one westerner guy been there 20 times and he still want to go there. So it shows how magical that place is. Thailand, Laos, and Southern part of Vietnam were once part of Cambodia ( Khmer Empire }

[@sreec4624]

TRUTH...it would be good to see the presentation on Kampong Svay and Koh Kher also.. imagine that Siem Reap province has so much..then what would the other two.. that will be revelation...i wish to see it..

[@babysannofficials7899]

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[@យតយិហថ្ុំ]

@@sreec4624 🍋🍍

[@cheykeovanny9914]

Amazing speech and the best presentation ever, Dr. Jennifer Foley. Thanks for talking about the true history of Cambodia and how was strong of Khmer Empire era (108 provinces, Javaramann VII), that's why Empire Kings were able to build such a mega structure of the Angkor Wat Temple and many more Temples surrounding Angkor City, including Phi Mai Temple in Thailand now, it was Khmer Empire heritage, also Wat Phu Temple in Laos now, and Delta Mekong (Chenla Krom or Chenla Flooded), Okeo was the only Khmer seaport which was built to make business with other countries in the world!

[@Looserbird]

I love my Khmer history.This is my first time to hear the best presentation from you.I'm very proud to be Khmer American.I love it so much.Wow this is my god very fascinating.Thank you and Thank you very very much.

[@Looserbird]

Thank you Thank you very much Dr Jennifer Foley and the Virginia museum.

[@samedy2428]

AMAZING PRESENTATION .. THANK YOU FOR THE INSIGHT.

[@theProudKhmer]

Outstanding presentation! Thank you.

[@AsianPrideWoX1212]

This is very fascinating. I LOVE IT.... Please make Cambodia so much more popular. Temples of the Khmer-Kingdom is the heart and soul of the Khmer people.... CAMBODIA FIGHTING!!!

[@slongvic]

Thanks for your excellent presentation.

[@supremekhmer6596]

Almost everyone knows about Angkor wat and the temples of Angkor. The enormous city of Angkor the largest pre-industrial city in the world. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. On going studies and research about other provincial cities of the Khmer Empire it's important to understand how muscular the state of the Khmer Empire was at it's peak during the early 13th century A.D.

[@arakam562]

That was a wonderful presentation Dr. Foley. I'd gained more knowledge about my history with an hour of your presentation. It's wonderful to hear sincere words you speak from your heart. You are truly passionate about your work, therefore, you are a great person all around. Best regards

[@teetouch4764]

DAMN!! MORE STONES THAN ALL THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT!! HOLY COW!

[@britneyconner6957]

Wonderful history of the Khmer empire, I hope archeologies found more evidence for the Khmer civilizations, for the rise & fall of the Khmer empire

[@teetouch4764]

+Britney “Chak Riya” Conner There's already a Lidar Technology campaign survey done last year in 2015 and the new results could be release this year in 2016. The scale of the ancient cities built by the khmer Empire are UNMATCHED in human history prior to the Industrial Revolution. History will be re-written soon.

[@vannalim6859]

Well done! every detail presentations.

[@love-yh8ki]

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[@soksarinnkhleung8391]

I wish this was in HD

[@narmheang]

amazing presentation

[@khrepairs8639]

All ancient temples in Khmer( Cambodia) is Khmer's heritage that built by Khmer ancestor, But some country always try to fake the truth of history and lying themself. Because it is the great archievment of Khmer which is too amazing that the other Nation can not do it.

[@samedy2428]

Wow!!.. As I was writing this while while listening to her presentation, after I send my first message comment I here her talking about NAGA and guess what!?!.. "HIUTLAMAN"( the great monkey king) in sculpture's on the great KHMER EMPiRE soil @46:20 into the mins...wow AMAZING!!! So what they want, I still believe there's still a HEAVEN and HELL life is precious and the world is full of wonder and your soul will alway be u, along with pain regrets suffering and emotion. This is just my common sense......

[@veramann]

Fast forward to today, you can see a lot of high quality videos of Angkor and the temples on KZbin.

[@cambodiaremyzero]

I couldn’t leave Angkor so I lived in Siem Reap for decades after our band split up🥳🥳🥳

[@lifeandlove340]

Khmer Kingdom is the most oldest history and it is great and beautiful country even nowadays....Still lots history mystery...

[@jordmcm]

very interesting.

[@NS-ve4ms]

Astrology was centrical part of Khmer life in pre Khmer Rouge war. You still see remnants of it in our grandparent’s generation. Marriage partner and big life planning events was based on astrology reading.

[@frenchasian29]

I was in Cambodia in June 2017 and this is very good!Thank you!

[@jordmcm]

@JoeyRec Yeman, I believe that it dates way back further too. ... It mirrors the constellation of "Draco" in the northern sky back to 10.500 b.c. Check a view of the WHOLE temple compound from above, and compare it with an image of Draco, then "Roll" the sky back to 10.500 b.c, and it is a heaven's mirror image ! . Its the same with the Pyramids of Giza, they target "Orion".

[@tanhoy-q9i]

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[@pollydor07]

KHMER IS ONE OF ETHNICS LIVE IN KHMER EMPIRE AND OLDEST IN S.E ASIA . HAS IT'S OWN NUMBERS ALPHABETS USES TIL TODAY .

[@khomyut]

The nature of Cambodia empire 802 AD to 1498

[@pierceaero3005]

"Women and musicians." Ha. It sounds like Mid-Century Hollywood studio battles. Churn Irving Berlin and Marilyn Monroe together in The Dawn's softly glowing mind. Milk that for an elixer. Fun lecture. Will watch again.

[@saromom4558]

all imaginary story invented for khmer nation

[@pierceaero3005]

@@saromom4558 Not all.

[@saromom4558]

@@pierceaero3005 Why I say invented, the history is not even logical. Let me give you a clue, don't you see women everywhere, especially buddha women. Maybe you can't distinguish a man and a women. Our nation in the past is rule by women. When you see a statue whit a lot of hand it's mean how strong they are, not a Hinduism god, and they are Khmer leader. And to think Champa is a big treat for Khmer kingdom is another enological thinking, look at the size of Champa and the size of Khmer Empire. They got not even one king name right.

[@pierceaero3005]

@@saromom4558 Yes, my late friend John Steinbeck IV was there and studied under Monks then. They suppressed the book he wrote about it til he died. Suspect.

[@xamum11]

Hi Dr. Jennifer, The word Bonthia Srey mean a palace of women. It's because it was build by women only. Men and women had a contest back then. Men build a temple and women build a temple who ever finish first the loser will asked for hand when a couple is getting married. The women won; since then men asked women for a hand to be married and pay for the entire wedding.

[@haileyc.conner3447]

No one can fake the history even Siamese, They're way behind the Khmer Empires. They're influenced by the Khmer Ancestry. Khmer 2700 years before Siam or Thai. Siamese abouts 575 years ago. Stone Building is built by Khmer Empires in Southeast Asia

[@trilli7914]

Hailey C.Conner what makes you so confident about this statement

[@jaykeen7163]

THANK YOU!!!

[@Stayed_triggered]

Preach!!!

[@ojmanman3539]

Khmer comes from khemet. Africa. This is all African history. They have a city where the columns are all carved with future prophecy of the transatlantic slavery. And then what happens afterwards...

[@saromom4558]

lol, nice try

[@KS-zu6ps]

No. Not even close. We know our history and our ancestors. You guys will claim everything in the world is build by africans.

[@pollydor07]

KHMER EMPIRE

[@ThoeunThang]

My ancestors have been living in this planet more than a million years than you know, we used to believe our mother God not Hinduism before buddhism.

[@seapirate7770]

Ofcourse they were worshiping some kind of god before Hinduism. But the temple is a Hindu temple, built when Hinduism pervaded in Cambodia. You can't deny your history. The temple sculptures and history proves its hindu history. You know you have literally The milk churning Hindu mythology carved on walls. It's called Samudra Manthan in Hinduism. Its also has Ramayana and Mahabharata depictions

[@saromom4558]

​@@seapirate7770 Colonialism , they kill, steal , uproot our past and reinvent our history. Why all the history is all about God, not our history? That is why all khmer history is base on French righting. Use your brain, why all our wealth is put on something that don't belong to us...Hinduism, my gosh. Everything present there his all about our past king and queen and our war, not Hinduism god. Even the king name are all wrong. Jayavarman 7, Do you really think there are 7 king whit the same name, you think you can read baley Khmer , but you don't even get one king name right.

[@johnnymccoy4311]

Colonialism, the worst thing that ever happened in the world.

[@saromom4558]

Agree , they kill, steal , uproot our past and reinvent our history. Why all the history is all about, not our history?

[@sonnyh7114]

Angkor Watt are Khmer heart ❤️ and souls.. if you Khmer dna you will feel it with the soul/ heart ❤️ am one of them, living in America now, it more stories then they all know, we been betrayed by other for Eon of time!! And all our land and culture been stolen and copied to be them, all town make out of that image..call Norkor.. town!

[@khmer108]

thank u for setting the hisrtry of khmer correctly under archeology evidence and studies, for the the world to see the truth thru ur lectures . thai,lao. been lying about there history and culture and manipulation khmer history ,says it there culture idea and they came first and settle before khmer civilization. there writing system came from khmer, a khmer languestic created the thai writing system and language borrow from khmer during the 14 century. info been past on from century .

[@IHyRaXI]

go cambodia!

[@samirranjan5342]

European actually got the inspiration and design from indian temple and copied it pasted and leveled it.

[@mahendrakamble120]

No you are giveing totally wrong information angkorwat is not hindu temple ❌❌❌

[@JoeyRec]

This is what learning from traditional schooling/history gets you.. Angkor Wat is far older than 2,000 years old. There are even mysterious carvings of dinosaurs on the temple. The kings were portrayed as giants, not as an artistic statement to show royalty, but because they were literally giants. Its the same thing Egyptology does with the art of Akhenaten.. these were god kings that came from the heavens, in many stories they were hermaphroditic.. In the bible they are knob as Nephilim.

[@Account.for.Comment]

Sorry sir, it was a carving of a rhinoceros, not a dinosaur. And it is not in Angkor Wat, it is in Banteay Srei (lit. Fortress of Females, or Fortress of Glory, or Fortress of Liberty. Srei can meant all these things). Flattered to hear that you think that it is over 2000 years old, but the area surrounded it was only settled as a city around 1200 years ago, at least in records anyway. Tried to make a visit, you would guarenteed to enjoy the experience.

[@macawism]

@@Account.for.Comment totally agree. The convention of giant figures was a way to portray the importance of the leader and some thing like the proto concept of a “close up”. I was also surprised by what looks like a dinosaur. It’s part of a stone architrave with a number of small carved decorations; well known and explained many times that it is not a dinosaur.

[@mohasat01]

It was built as a Hindu temple with all the evidence there to back this up. But it was later turned into a Buddhist temple. And that evidence is also there. The workmanship to convert Angkor Wat into a Buddhist shrine is poor and not of the same quality as the original. And that evidence shines! You just have to know what evidence to look for.

[@KS-zu6ps]

Khmer are not Hindu. our Father lord Vishnu is not hindu or of Indian origins.

[@mohasat01]

@@KS-zu6ps You obviously don't know what is written on the walls. Get help.

[@ronniephillips9715]

They do not give the truth of the people that built it and live there at that time.

[@danielpapa1642]

black civilisations

[@MyNameBaboo]

Then why in Sanskrit does it not mention Africans once?

[@trilli7914]

Rotten 5 are you sure it’s translated correctly

[@newskh3491]

#Angker #Cambodia #Khmer #No in vietnam😡

[@jamesmorgan-mx4mc]

Black people

[@premitiveromantic]

Angkor wat steal from siam

[@phornkorng2877]

Don't miss the history class again!

[@Stayed_triggered]

Yeah right?! Thai claims to be the descendants of ancient Khmer. Fake history!!! Nothing to back it up , just propaganda from their country to erase Khmer culture!

[@tanhoy-q9i]

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