Prasat Phanom Rung temple ruins, Thailand Aug 23, 2024

Prasat Phanom Rung temple ruins, Thailand

Today, let us step into the Phanom Rung Historical Park in Buriram province, Thailand. Here, Khmer architecture and history come to life. Built between the 10th and 13th centuries, this remarkable site served as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva. It is on the rim of an extinct volcano, offering views of the surrounding paddy fields and the towering Dongrek Mountains of Cambodia in the distance.

© Banjongseal324/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Aug 23, 2018Riding the bore tide at Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska
Aug 23, 2019Harvest time in the Palouse
Aug 23, 2020Reflections of the night sky
Aug 23, 2021A little blue
Aug 23, 2022Menton, France
Aug 23, 2023Skógafoss waterfall, Iceland
Aug 23, 2025St. Barbaras Cathedral, Kutná Hora, Czechia

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jul 28, 2020Over the boardwalk
Sep 19, 2024International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Jul 23, 2023Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Dec 4, 2019Protecting endangered giants
Dec 21, 2019Seventeen arches at sunset
Nov 23, 2025Fibonacci Day
Jun 10, 2023Porto Cathedral, Portugal
Aug 8, 2018In celebration of cats
Sep 17, 2020Citizenship Day and Constitution Day
Aug 4, 2020Into the woods
Apr 1, 2021Why do elephants hide in trees?
Oct 2, 2018North Cascades National Park at 50
Mar 12, 2020Fiesta at Siesta
May 14, 2023Happy Mothers Day!
Mar 29, 2024South Stack Lighthouse, Holy Island, Wales
Sep 12, 2019Astrotourism at its finest
Mar 14, 2022Pi Day
Aug 11, 2023Edinburgh Art Festival
Jan 10, 2025Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
Sep 27, 2024Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy
Sep 9, 2024Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
Feb 11, 2023Milky Way over Zabriskie Point, California
Nov 4, 2020Caribou on the move
Dec 22, 2021Illuminating Annecy
Jul 9, 2021A center of antiquity on the Mediterranean
Jan 26, 2021It s Australia Day
Nov 4, 2021Diwali
Feb 20, 2018Buddha in the roots of a tree, Ayutthaya, Thailand
Aug 2, 2019An uncommon look at an American icon
Oct 30, 2022Polar Bear Week