Then last January, 45 years after I made my first list, I went to Angkor. By this time the romantic photos of boa-like jungle trees both supporting crumbling architecture as well as being held up ...

This story appears in the July 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... missionaries came upon the lotus-shaped towers of Angkor Wat—the most elaborate of the city's temples and the ...

The collection includes an overall aerial image of Angkor Wat, the crowning glory of the temple ruins from the early 12th century, and photos of ... Asia in line with national policy.