Offerings, Pig-Boiling, Archers, Khmer-Cham Fighting (Archers, Spear and Sword Fights)
(cropped, 2/3 of actual length)
The Bayon Wall Murals
ten long panoramic high-definition creative commons photographs from Bayon, showing the reliefs on the walls of the temple, which depict temples, wars and everyday life in the kingdom.
click on one of the thumbnails below to go to a new page
where you can view a slide of the wall (500 KB - 1800 KB)
and access the high-definition file (4 MB - 17 MB)
these panoramas have been assembled from a number of photographs taken sequentially
there is some distortion involved as the software I used distorts them especially at the edges
but it gives a better picture of the context than individual 4x3 proportion photographs eslewhere
underneath the thumbnails below I list a number of scenes to be found in the various murals
some of the thumbnails have been cropped to fit the page, the slides in the individual pages are full-size
South Wall
The following is a video made from one section of the South Wall, which corresponds to the first three photos below:
Offerings, Pig-Boiling, Archers, Khmer-Cham Fighting (Archers, Spear and Sword Fights)
(cropped, 2/3 of actual length)
Three Boats with Cham, Chinese and Khmer Warriors
Hand-to-Hand Fighting, Pig-Fighting, Chinese Junk
Elephants and Warriors marching to War
(cropped, 2/3 of actual length)
Palace Scene, Worshipping of 4-Armed Vishnu, Siva in a Temple, Dancing Scenes (Inner Wall)
(cropped, 2/3 of actual length)
East Wall
A video made from one section of the East Wall, which corresponds to photo numbers 1, 2, and 4 below:
Elephants and Warriors marching to War (East to West)
Elephants and Warriors marching to War (West to East)
Elephants and Warriors marching to War with Intermittent Fighting (East to West)
(cropped, 2/3 of actual length)
Elephants and Warriors meet in Battle
North Wall
The Chams defeating the Khmer
Photographs by Anandajoti Bhikkhu
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