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A photograph of carved stone bas-relief on a temple wall, showing several apsara-like celestial dancers in raised-arm poses with elaborate crowns and head ornaments, each framed by ornate foliate scrollwork. Figures appear to ride or stand beside lion-like mythical animals, and small figures are carved in the lower band. The carving is pale sandstone with weathered detail and decorative floral borders along the bottom. No physical people are present; the figures are carved relief, and no a person candidate is visible.

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Close-up photograph of carved bas-relief stone panels at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Central figure is a crowned apsara-style female figure with raised arms, standing on a rearing animal mount, flanked by carved figures on horseback and grotesque mythical creatures with bulging eyes. Dense foliate and scrollwork ornament surrounds the carvings in a weathered grey sandstone surface. No living people are visible.2007-07-02July 02 20072007-07-02A photograph of a carved sandstone relief wall. Central and side figures are sculpted with raised arms, crowned heads, and flowing ornate headdresses, set against floral and scrolled foliage motifs. Animal forms and small attendant figures appear in the lower registers, with a decorative border along the bottom edge. No living people are visible.2007-07-02July 02 20072007-07-02A photograph of carved stone bas-relief on a sandstone wall, showing celestial dancers and figures in raised arches with decorative flame-like foliage. Several apsara-style figures with arms raised above their heads appear in carved niches, some with animals beneath them. The stone is pale grey-green with weathered surfaces. No physical people are present in the scene; the carvings are of figures only.2007-07-02July 02 20072007-07-02July 02 20072007-07-02July 02 20072007-07-02A close view of carved sandstone bas-relief on a temple wall, showing figures in tall ornate niches with scrolling foliate arches. Several dancing or striding carved figures with raised arms ride or stand beside animal forms, possibly lions or mythic creatures, below a decorated border. The carving is weathered and pale grey.2007-07-02A close photograph of sandstone bas-relief carvings on a temple wall. Three carved panels show figures seated or mounted on mythical animals, with a central figure on a rearing beast flanked by smaller figures in ornate arched frames. Scrolled foliage and flame-like motifs surround the carvings. No people are physically present, only carved figures.2007-07-02July 02 20072007-07-02Close view of a richly carved stone frieze on an ancient temple wall, with dense rows of figures, foliage scrolls and decorative motifs in worn sandstone. The carvings show a continuous band of intricate relief. No people are visible in the frame; the scene is architectural, consistent with a site visited on a yatra to Angkor Wat, Cambodia.2007-07-02