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The area of Angkor has many significant archaeological sites, including the following: Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat, Baksei Chamkrong, Banteay Kdei, Banteay Samré, Banteay Srei, Baphuon, the Bayon, Chau Say Tevoda, East Baray, East Mebon, Kbal Spean, the Khleangs, Krol Ko, Lolei, Neak Pean, Phimeanakas, Phnom Bakheng, Phnom Krom, Prasat Ak Yum, Prasat Kravan, Preah Khan, Preah Ko, Preah Palilay, Preah Pithu, Pre Rup, Spean Thma, Srah Srang, Ta Nei, Ta Prohm, Ta Som, Ta Keo, Terrace of the Elephants, Terrace of the Leper King, Thommanon, West Baray, West Mebon.
* Angkor digital media archive-Photos, laser scans, panoramas of Angkor Wat and Banteay Kdei from a CyArk / Sophia University partnership
* Angkor digital media archive – Photos, laser scans, panoramas of Angkor Wat's Western Causeway and Banteay Kdei from a CyArk / Sophia University / University of California partnership.
* Banteay Kdei
It was the centrepiece of Jayavarman VII's massive program of monumental construction and public works, which was also responsible for the walls and nāga-bridges of Angkor Thom and the temples of Preah Khan, Ta Prohm and Banteay Kdei.
Originally, it is believed, the Bayon had been designed as a single-level structure, similar in that respect to the roughly contemporaneous foundations at Ta Prohm and Banteay Kdei.
General layout plan of Banteay Kdei.
Srah Srang or " The royal bathing pool " or " pool of ablutions " to the east of Banteay Kdei, which was dug to dimensions of x during the reign of Rajendraverman in the 10th century, was beautified by Jayavarman VII with well laid out steps of laterite stones with external margin of sandstone, on the banks of the pond facing the Sun.
Laser scans and imaging of the Banteay Kdei and Angkor Wat Western Causeway were performed within a project launched in March 2004 by the University of California and Sophia University of Tokyo, in partnership with the nonprofit CyArk.
File: Banteay Kdei 4. jpg | Frescoes of Dancing Apsaras in the niches
File: Banteay Kdei Entrance Gate. jpg | One of the entrances of the temple complex
* Angkor digital media archive – Photos, laser scans, panoramas of Angkor Wat and Banteay Kdei from a CyArk / Sophia University / University of California partnership.
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Each entrance has a causeway over the moat with nāga-carrying devas and asuras similar to those at Angkor Thom ; Glaize considered this an indication that the city element of Preah Khan was more significant than those of Ta Prohm or Banteay Kdei.

Banteay and meaning
* Banteay is a Khmer term meaning " citadel " or " fortress " that is also applied to walled temples.
The Chey part of its name is derived from the Sanskrit word Jaya ( जय ) meaning Victory, and Banteay meaning Fortress.

Banteay and also
The river over which the bridge head exists is also known as Phnom Kbal Spean, a tributary of the Siem Reap River that rises in the Kulein mountains north of Banteay Srei.

Banteay and known
Other lesser known temples are the Banteay Neang and Banteay Torp temples.
Banteay Srei is known for the intricacy of its carvings.

Banteay and is
* Banteay Srei Style ( 967-1000 ): Banteay Srei is the only major Angkorian temple constructed not by a monarch, but by a courtier.
* The Cambodian temple of Banteay Srei is consecrated.
Banteay Meanchey (, " Fortress of Victory ") is a province ( khaet ) of Cambodia located in the far northwest.
Banteay Meanchey is the 13th largest province in Cambodia.
Banteay Meanchey is one of the nine provinces that is part of the Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve.
Its most notable remains is the Banteay Chhmar temple in the north of the province, built in 12th century towards the 13th century.
Banteay Meanchey is mostly covered by extensive lowlands, with a few uplands to the north and east.
Banteay Srei or Banteay Srey () is a 10th century Cambodian temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.
Banteay Srei is built largely of red sandstone, a medium that lends itself to the elaborate decorative wall carvings which are still observable today.
Banteay Srei is built largely of a hard red sandstone that can be carved like wood.
Scenes from the Reamker are painted on the walls of the Royal Palace in Khmer style, and its predecessor is carved into the walls of the Angkor Wat and Banteay Srei temples.
Approach is from the Banteay Srei temple by a road which is about from an army camp.
Srah Srang () is a baray at Angkor, Cambodia, located south of the East Baray and east of Banteay Kdei.
The landing-stage, opposite the entrance to Banteay Kdei, is a popular site for viewing the sunrise.

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