A close view of a richly carved sandstone temple facade. Below, rows of small carved figures with crowns and headdresses stand in tiers across the carved panel. The sky is pale and overcast above the weathered stone. No physical people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the scene. - Nithyanandapedia

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A close view of a richly carved sandstone temple facade. Below, rows of small carved figures with crowns and headdresses stand in tiers across the carved panel. The sky is pale and overcast above the weathered stone. No physical people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the scene.

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A photograph of a weathered sandstone temple gable at Angkor Wat, Cambodia, showing carved bas-relief panels with many small sculpted figures in rows, some with raised arms, set beneath an arched lintel and flanked by stylised naga-like scrollwork and floral motifs. The stone is reddish-brown and mossy, with a pale sky behind and three pointed finials on the roof edge at right. The carvings appear to depict a dense mythological scene of figures arranged in tiers. No living people are visible in the frame, and no a person candidate is present, only carved figures.

Close-up photograph of carved stone relief in a dense, ornate Khmer-style pattern. Central figures include a seated deity form with a tall crown, surrounded by intertwined scrollwork, foliage and small carved animals or creatures, with a round rosette ornament at upper right. The stone is pale grey with traces of reddish staining. No people are visible.

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A photograph of a weathered sandstone temple gable at Angkor Wat, Cambodia, shot from below against a pale overcast sky. The upper structure is carved with tiers of small seated figures in rows and serpent-like naga scrolls curling along the upper edges. The stone is grey and beige with darker lichen-stained patches, and a rough rock outcrop rises at the lower left. No people are visible in the frame.

Photograph of a richly carved red sandstone temple facade at Angkor Wat, Cambodia, showing an arched niche with a seated deity figure and a lower register of relief sculpture depicting a churning scene with figures pulling on a serpent, a mythological motif. Ornate scrollwork, foliate motifs and small carved figures surround the central shrine under a pale sky with a tree at the left edge. No living people are visible.

A 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.

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A weathered sandstone carved panel on a temple wall at Angkor Wat, showing a central deity figure with multiple arms raised, standing atop a mythical makara-like creature with a large open-mouthed face. Flanking it are carved vertical scroll and foliage motifs, and above is a horizontal band of carved relief figures with lichen-stained surfaces. No people are visible in the scene.

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A photograph of a long carved stone relief on an ancient temple wall. Weathered sandstone shows rows of small carved figures in procession and a large central figure seated or reclining on a serpent-like naga body with multiple hoods. Below are dense bands of foliage-like decorative carving. Shadows define the raised figures. No living people are visible.

A weathered sandstone temple pediment at a Cambodian temple, carved with dense relief sculpture of many figures in a central arched niche, with a multi-headed serpent naga curving around the upper frame and wheel-like motifs in the lower scene. Moss and lichen cover the stone against a pale blue sky with scattered clouds.