Bayon Temple Faces: Who Are the Smiling Faces of Angkor?
Bayon feels completely different from Angkor Wat. Angkor Wat opens outward through long causeways, wide galleries and carefully controlled symmetry. Bayon does the opposite. Its passages tighten around you, towers crowd together, and enormous stone faces appear above doorways and between walls. Turn one way and another face emerges. Move a few metres and a…