Phnom Krom Temple

This guide to Phnom Krom Temple in Siem Reap opens with restorers piecing together eleventh-century brick fragments by hand in a 2024 rebuild, a task fitting for a temple that has always demanded patience. It traces the hilltop back to King Yasovarman the First, who raised three towers here around the turn of the tenth century for Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma, echoing Mount Meru at the center of the Hindu universe. Centuries of monsoon rain have worn its carved lintels nearly smooth, so look closely for the gods still hiding in the stone.