Ancient Angkor Wat
Built with local laterite blocks and sand.
Covered with sandstone blocks.
The carvings give the incredible beauty.
The very ancient metropolis of Angkor Wat had a very advanced hydraulic, water, and energy storage & distribution system, like the ancient Egyptians did with their pyramids.
After the transformation from a Hindu (Vishnu) center of worship to Buddhism in the late 12th century, Angkor Wat continues to be a Buddhist center. At 400+ acres, the site is the largest religious structure in the world.
Square inside a square inside a square: projection of a 4D Cube?
Some of these temples rival Solomon or Michelangelo, have micro-carvings, and might take an honorable place besides our most beautiful buildings. It is grander than anything left to us by Greece or Rome, but presents a sad contrast to barbarism the nation was plunged into a few decades ago.
Angkor Wat suggests that it was a celestial resemblance of the Hindu-universe, including the cosmic sea.
This is observed in the temple's perfect E-W orientation, and lines of sight from temple terraces that show specific towers to be at the precise location of the sunrise at solstice.
12th century Angkor Wat metropolis of about 1 million people.
LIDAR tests showed the world's largest settlement till 1850.
The Angkor Wat temple's main tower aligns with the sunrise at the spring equinox:
The temple represents Mount Meru, the home of the gods according to Hindu mythology: the central quincunx of towers symbolize the 5 peaks of the mountain, and the walls and moat symbolize the surrounding mountain ranges and ocean.
Architecturally, the elements characteristic of the style include the ogival, indented towers shaped like lotus buds; galleries to broaden passageways; and the cruciform terraces which appear along the main axis of the temple.
Is the temple a Multi-D projection of φ-harmonic constellations or the representation of the disharmonic Draco constellation?
