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English: A tower at Nakhon Thom [Angkor Thom], 1865. Tower of Bayon. Cambodia. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866. 1 photograph : glass photonegative, wet collodion ; glass approximately 25.5 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in.) Lettering "One... tower of (Prea ?) (Sat ?) Ling (Poron ?) temple, Nakhon Thim, Cambodia. Tower in Nakhon Thim, Cambodia". Summary : "A vast masonry tower with entrances and columns at the lower level, surmounted with four sculpted faces. Surrounded by dense foliage. A man sitting in one of the entrances. The same tower as shown in Thomson's negative number 481" : Source library.wellcome.ac.uk. A tower of the Bayon with the faces of Avalokitesvara turned towards the four Orients.

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  • 2006-05-27 18:20 Cactus.man 265×400×8 (34810 bytes) ''Prea Sat Ling Poun, Angkor Wat'', 1865. In the public domain. Source [http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTL040198.html] {{PD-old-70}}

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