The first temple we visited in the Roluos Group was the Preah Ko. It comprises of 6 towers representing 3 male and 3 female towers for each of the then King's father and mother in the central, grandfather and grandmother on our right, and uncle and untie on our left, with male towers in front, and female towers at the back..

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Some of the towers were so badly damaged and renovation work was still underway...

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During our visit, we saw a group of Japan archeology students visiting the workers there, and studying the renovation methods being used by the workers hired by the UNESCO Japanese team..

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Typical, front side of the temple was guarded by 8 lions..

Ox / Cows in bowdown positions were built there representing the animals bowed and waited for their masters while they went inside the temples to worship...