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Ta Prohm, Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia – Tomb Raider Temple

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Travis

Ta Prohm was one of the most impressive temples of Angkor, we visited this temple while cycling the shorter router between Angkor Thom and Banteay Kdei. Ta Prohm has been left overgrown with jungle and this can be seen through the numerous giant silk-cotton trees and strangler fig trees intertwined with the stone architecture.

Ta Prohm was also featured in the move Tomb Raider, we overheard a tour operator point out the iconic spot where Lara Croft emerges from the temple.

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Western entrance to Ta Prohm

Tree roots embedded into the temple walls

Temple walls with tree roots growing down the side

Sonya standing next to the roots of a large tree

Green moss on the walls of the covered halls

Looking across collapsed wall towards the trees

Sonya at the end of a corridor

Roots of the strangler fig draped over the temple

Collapsed stones of the temple

Huge tree root growing over the temple stone roof

Tree growing out of a temple

Travis standing in the roots of a Silk-cotton tree

The remains of the Ta Prohm temple

Strangler fig roots draped over a stone entrance

The location of Tomb Raider

Stegosaurus carving, one of the more unusual stone carvings we have seen

Tree growing from the corner of temple structure

Looking from the East over the wall towards Ta Prohm

Carved stone door

Southern entrance to Ta Prohm

The western entrance of Ta Prohm

Sonya walking though a stone arch