Originally Posted by
MegatopLover
One temple on most itineraries that, I would submit, should be on everyone's list is Angkor Tom: the grey stone temple with scores of enigmatic Buddha faces peering out from its surfaces. That was amazing.
Angkor Thom is actually the large walled city complex that contains many temples, of which the Bayon which you are referring to is one. The faces are supposed to be of the king who had the temple erected. The faces are asymmetric as evidently two different teams were assigned to making the left and right parts.
For anyone interested, the book Ancient Angkor by Micheal Freeman and Claude Jacques is a must. Published by River Books Guides. ISBN 974 8225 27 5.