Angkor Wat contains more bas-reliefs than just the Churning of the Sea of Milk, all epic in scale and astonishing in detail. Considering that they are almost one thousand years old, they are amazingly well preserved. There are lots of glorious battles scenes with armies marching on foot, on horseback, on elephants. Battles are so crowded and chaotic you can almost hear the shouts of the advancing soldiers and the screams of the wounded.

Larger-than-life kings and even many-armed gods preside over all. The dying fall to hells that have more tortures than Dante’s Inferno or rise to heavens full of earthly glories.