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<< Our Photo Pages >> Mỹ Sơn - Ancient Temple in Vietnam

Submitted by ModernExplorers on Monday, 14 May 2012  Page Views: 10635

Multi-periodSite Name: Mỹ Sơn
Country: Vietnam Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Trà Kiệu  Nearest Village: Duy Phú
Latitude: 15.460000N  Longitude: 108.070000E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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ModernExplorers visited on 2nd Dec 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Very old, dilapidated ruins - there were far too many tourists there when I visited. Not so many megalithic structures, more recent ruins in my opinion

jdeblois83 visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.5

Mỹ Sơn
Mỹ Sơn submitted by ModernExplorers : Site in Vietnam (Vote or comment on this photo)
My Son is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Hindu temples constructed between the 4th and the 14th century AD by the kings of Champa (Chiêm Thành in Vietnamese). The temples are dedicated to the worship of the god Shiva.

From the 4th to the 14th century AD, the valley at Mỹ Sơn was a site of religious ceremony for kings of the ruling dynasties of Champa, as well as a burial place for Cham royalty and national heroes.

Mỹ Sơn is perhaps the longest inhabited archaeological site in Indochina, but a large majority of its architecture was destroyed by US carpet bombing during a single week of the Vietnam War.

The Mỹ Sơn temple complex is regarded one of the foremost Hindu temple complexes in Southeast Asia and is the foremost heritage site of this nature in Vietnam.
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Mỹ Sơn
Mỹ Sơn submitted by ModernExplorers : There were also areas that needed to be unearthed (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mỹ Sơn
Mỹ Sơn submitted by ModernExplorers : There was a Phallic object (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mỹ Sơn
Mỹ Sơn submitted by ModernExplorers : There were blocks with writing on them (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mỹ Sơn
Mỹ Sơn submitted by ModernExplorers : There were humanoid figures (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mỹ Sơn
Mỹ Sơn submitted by ModernExplorers : Site in Vietnam (Vote or comment on this photo)

Mỹ Sơn
Mỹ Sơn submitted by ModernExplorers : They are still excavating

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