© irene waters 2014
© irene waters 2014
© irene waters 2014
(3 photos) Ta Prohm Temple, also known as the Jungle temple, is part of the Angkor areas temples located in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This temple certainly is enduring. Built in the 12th and 13th centuries by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Buddhist monastery and university, it was once a thriving hub bub of humanity with at least 18 high priests and 650 dancing-girls amongst the 12,500 people who lived within its walls. Another 800,000 people lived outside the perimeter in villages, employed in occupations to serve the temple’s needs.
After the fall of the Khmer empire in the 17th century the temple was abandoned and the jungle moved in. Both enduring due to current societies pleasure at the picturesque. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. A scene from the film Raiders of the Lost Ark was filmed here.
This is part of the Daily Post Weekly Photo challenge.
About Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Perfect choice of endurance and how nature reclaims 😊
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Thanks Andy. I agree.
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An amazing place and photos. Love this post. 😀
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Thanks Raewyn
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Great example of endurance.
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Thank you Paula
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Wow…looks like something out of Indiana Jones! I like that you post pictures of things I’ve never seen before!
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You’ve got it in one Charli. Indianna Jones and the temple of doom was filmed here. At least we didn’t have things crashing around us. A pleasure to share with you Charli.
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I ditto Charli…I would think this was definitely a movie set if you hadn’t explained it. Absolutely fascinating, must have been amazing to see it in person 🙂
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It was Sherri. One of the Indianna films was filmed in part here, so you were right as well. XD
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