Angkor Wat Engravings

Ancient Cambodian Sand script.

In the first ten years after Angkor Wat was opened to the public people were actually encouraged to touch the engravings.  The oils and dirt caused the shiny black as seen here.  It should be noted that foreign visitors only started to visit Cambodia in recent years.  But even today, almost no engravings have protection from human hands.

Hindu engraving of hell with a snake like creature eating the sinners.

Sinners being lead by leashes attached to their noses

Sinners being boiled alive

Sinners having nails to every part of their bodies.

One of the many walls full of carvings.

Close up of above carving.

Some carvings in various stages of work from being outlined at the left to almost finished at the right.

Fully completed engravings.