Last King of Angkor Wat, The
Title | Last King of Angkor Wat, The PDF eBook |
Author | Graeme Base |
Publisher | Random House Australia |
Total Pages | 38 |
Release | 2019-01-08 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 0143795384 |
Tiger, Gibbon, Water Buffalo and Geeko are sitting amongst the ruins of ancient Angkor Wat, wondering which of them would have made the best king. The appearance of a mysterious visitor leads them to discover their true selves in a race to distant hilltop. A timeless fable full of adventure and beauty from a much-loved storyteller.
The Last King of Angkor Wat
Title | The Last King of Angkor Wat PDF eBook |
Author | Graeme Base |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Total Pages | 39 |
Release | 2014-10-22 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0857978489 |
Among the ruins of beautiful Angkor Wat, Tiger, Monkey, Water Buffalo and Gecko argue over who would make the greatest king. They decide to race to the top of the hill, each hoping to prove they are most worthy. But along the way their strengths and weaknesses are revealed. Will any of them be good enough to be King? The luscious illustrations of Graeme Base are emphasised in his artwork of Angkor Wat, one of the most beautiful ruins known to people all over the world.
The King's Last Song, Or, Kraing Meas
Title | The King's Last Song, Or, Kraing Meas PDF eBook |
Author | Geoff Ryman |
Publisher | Small Beer Press |
Total Pages | 451 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Archaeological thefts |
ISBN | 1931520569 |
Can a twelfth-century Cambodian king's sense of compassion and justice translate to the present?
Of Gods, Kings, and Men
Title | Of Gods, Kings, and Men PDF eBook |
Author | T. S. Maxwell |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
The rich and evocative bas-reliefs of Angkor Wat have captured the imagination of travelers, artists, and scholars for centuries. Built for the Khmer king Suryavarman II in the twelfth century, the enormous temple complex consists of an outer enclosure surrounded by a moat, with three further concentric rectangular enclosures inside it. The bas-reliefs featured in this book are carved on the walls of the third enclosure. Jaroslav Poncar has brilliantly captured the detail of these huge reliefs, measuring more than two meters in height and five hundred meters in overall length, using the high-precision technique of slit-scan photography. One hundred full-page panoramic photographs bring readers within the very walls of Angkor. Scenes from the great Indian epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata are expansively explained and interpreted by Angkor expert Thomas S. Maxwell.
The Civilization of Angkor
Title | The Civilization of Angkor PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Higham |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 228 |
Release | 2004-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520242180 |
"The Civilization of Angkor is remarkable and unique in that it delves into the prehistoric roots of the civilization. Higham is THE international authority on southeast Asian archaeology, and presents an up-to-date and provocative synthesis of Angkor."--Brian Fagan, author of Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations, and co-editor of The Oxford Companion to Archaeology. "In blending archaeological and documentary data to chronicle the rise of this important Southeast Asian state, Higham's rich history of Angkor effectively refutes traditional models of state development in the Mekong region and offers insights regarding the nature of Angkor and the processes that led to its emergence."--Miriam Stark, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawai'i and editor of The Archaeology of Social Boundaries
Angkor Wat
Title | Angkor Wat PDF eBook |
Author | Eleanor Mannikka |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Angkor (Extinct city) |
ISBN | 9780824823535 |
Mannikka takes the reader on a detailed tour of Angkor Wat, moving from the western entrance bridge, across the long causeway to the central galleries, and up to the central tower itself, showing what the design of the temple tells us about Khmer beliefs regarding their king, their deities, and the world around them. Detailed temple plans illustrating measurement patterns and numerous photographs of all parts of the temple accompany the text. Angkor Wat: Time, Space, and Kingship shows clearly the role that astronomy, history, cosmology, and politics can play in determining a structure's format and dimensions. The new methods of architectural analysis pioneered here will serve as a model for architectural historians in Asia and elsewhere.
The Mysteries of Angkor Wat
Title | The Mysteries of Angkor Wat PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Sobol |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Total Pages | 41 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0763641669 |
A guided tour by local children leads the author--and readers--inside an ancient Cambodian temple and around its ruins, where they explore the mysteries of the site and discover a little-known secret. 12,000 first printing.