Photojournalist Jerry Redfern filmed this exploration of Cambodia's Phnom Kulen, a 15-mile-long plateau that was once the center of the vast Angkor Empire, which flourished between the ninth and fifteenth centuries A.D. To read in-depth about the site, go to archaeology.org/issues/165-1501/letter-from/2779-letter-from-cambodia-phnom-kulen | Archaeology Magazine

A temple not just built, but aligned with the cosmos!☀️ Angkor Wat’s corridors and towers are mapped to the rising sun and seasonal cycles, turning stone into a solar calendar. For centuries, it’s endured war, weather, and time, because its strength comes from syncing with forces larger than itself. This is “Design for Strength” in its oldest form: architecture that doesn’t just shelter, but sustains and connects communities through cosmic order.​ ​ If you could build something to last forever,