Ta Keo is a huge stone pyramid of five levels with the simple, massive form framed by the large trees. The quincunx towers appear as the silhouette of a single group, seemingly joined. It was built as the temple mausoleum of King Jayavarman V during the x c.
This is the first realisation in sandstone of such a structure, the arrangement cutting and placing of the enormous blocks of stone, without any moulding or decoration, remains perfectly clear.
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It is not known why the work on this temple was abandoned just after the start of its ornamentation, perhaps it was struck by a lightning, an evil omen, and never completed.
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