Phnom Dei Temple: An Ancient Stone Workshop?
Channel: Cambodianess
Date: 08/11/2022

When traveling to a hill, where the local people usually call Phnom Dei or Phnom Bei (Mount Dei or Mount Bei), tourists and worshippers alike would definitely encounter a large unfinished status of a religious figure resting under a shelter, yet very close to a soaky wet tropical forest soil along the trail of the mountain. 

A little further away from the statue, visitors would encounter the building built in the middle of a dense forest. The temple of Phnom Dei is approximately 20 kilometers north of the provincial city of Siem Reap. This temple, while facing east, a typical architectural practice in this area, is built from clay bricks and there are laterite stone walls surrounding the perimeter. However, as for material choices, the gate frames, vertical pillars, and lintels are formed from limestone. 

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