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Khmer smile, Angkor.

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Angkor, Cambodia, the Angkor dynasty flourished here between the 9th and 15th centuries.

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It ruled a vast territory and hundreds of stone buildings remain its legacy.

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Outstanding among them is the Angkor Wat.

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It is a Hindu temple complex and one of the largest religious monuments in the world.

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Stories of the creation of the universe adorn the long corridor walls.

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There are reliefs of magnificent goddesses.

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Modeled on the king's dancers and court ladies, the costumes and accessories suggest cultural sophistication.

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The damage on the goddess here is due to destruction during the country's recent civil war.

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When peace came in 1992, UNESCO inscribed Angkor on the World Heritage List

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as well as the World Heritage in Danger list to save it from further destruction and looting.

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The Sophia University of Japan formed the Angkor Survey Group Team in 1980.

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The ruins were studied and restored.

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Local people were trained to carry out work.

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This is Ta Prohm, a man-made monument struggling against the relentless power of nature.

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And this is another site at Angkor, the Bantei Kudei.

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Sophia University's international mission team came across 274 Buddha statues

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buried in the earth during an excavation training session.

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The heads of the statues had been removed.

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Experts believe the finds shows there was a religious revolution resulting from Hindu and Buddhist conflict.

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Here, a sculpture of a meditating Bodhisattva.

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It has an entrancing symmetrical Khmer smile reflecting a long Asian spiritual tradition.

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Angkor Wat, a crossroads of history.