The 12th century Facebook

The idea of immortalizing images of people has been very popular amongst its the natives that it has been buried in the minds of the Cambodians since ancient times. In fact, our ancestors created the Khmer Facebook system as early as 6th century, and the most famous of them all is all the sandstone wall of the 12th century Angkor Wat temple complex.

This religious site, Angkor Wat, has not only stand as the world's largest temple for almost 1000 years but also as the largest stone computer whose screen holds a number as big as 1800 life-sized Apsara images. Each one of the girls is uniquely different, different hair styles, different faces, different dresses and different movements . Standing in a group or individually in one permanent place and ignoring the rain, wind and heat, these heavenly women attract the attention of thousands of people everyday.

All of them were first believed to be religious figures carved on the temple's wall so as to make the site a real heaven on Earth, full of angels as it was meant to be. However, the belief was changed after the discovery of their names, written beside some of them. This discovery clarified how important they were in the ancient society.They could have been so close to the emperor, ever than we have estimated.Then, critical questions began to appear again such as "why are they all women?" Still, no answer has been clarified to the questions above.

From the 1100s A.D till now, the Apsaras of Angkor Wat are still living immortally on the temple's stone wall , showing their elegant beauty from day to day endlessly.In order to visit them on their Facebook site, go directly to the colossal stone computer and see them on the hard stone screen. They can be observed and even touched. Unfortunately, when you say hello to the girls , they will not reply to you, but stare and smile. But if they did, this would be the most frightening event you would ever experience.

P.S This is not for any assignment.
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