Ishanapura, the Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Southeast Asia’s newest World Heritage Site

Over the weekend, the temple complex of Sambor Prei Kuk became Southeast Asia’s newest World Heritage site and Cambodia’s third after Angkor and Preah Vihear. It was known in the 6-7th centuries as Ishanapura, the capital of the Chenla empire.

Source: Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk, Archaeological Site of Ancient Ishanapura – UNESCO World Heritage Centre

See also:

• Cambodia’s new World Heritage Site is 25 straight kilometers of ruins (The China Post, 11 July 2017)
• Ancient Cambodian temple is new UNESCO world heritage site (Jagran Josh, 10 July 2017)
• Temples Recognized as Cambodia’s Third World Heritage Site (Cambodia Daily, 10 July 2017)
• Additions to Unesco’s World Heritage list: A look at 7 new sites (The Straits Times, 10 July 2017)
• Cambodian temple site gets Unesco world heritage status (Reuters, via Free Malaysia Today, 10 July 2017)
• Kampong Thom’s Sambor Prei Kuk gets Unesco listing (Phnom Penh Post, 10 July 2017)
• Cambodian temple complex listed as world heritage site (Kyodo News, via Bangkok Post,  09 July 2017)
• Cambodia’s Sambor Prei Kuk temple zone on World Heritage List (IANS, via Web India, 09 July 2017)
• Cambodia’s Temple Zone of Sambor Prei Kuk inscribed on World Heritage List: statement (Xinhua, 09 July 2017)
• Sites in Cambodia, China and India added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List (Unesco, 08 July 2017)