Baksei Chamkrong — Ancillary Step North (Angkor)

Baksei Step N

Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE)·Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom·🇰🇭 Siem Reap, Baksei Chamkrong, Cambodia

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About Baksei Chamkrong — Ancillary Step North (Angkor)

Baksei Chamkrong — Ancillary Step North (Angkor) in Siem Reap, Baksei Chamkrong, Cambodia is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom. Systematic survey and magnetometry document ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal platform and workshop area. Dimensions base 22.5 m × 22.5 m; height 12 m; inclination 52°; area 6.8 ha. Excavation excavated; condition buried. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.

Why it mattersKey Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom pyramid with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 20 m elevation.

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Mysteries & theories

Mysteries

01Chronology and phasing
02Relation to regional network

Theories

01Ceremonial centre
02Elite residence hypothesis

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History

How it came to be

Built: c. 2600 BCE
Period: Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE)
Culture: Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Builders: Old Kingdom
Purpose: Funerary monument and ritual complex
Rediscovered: 1945
Excavation: Excavated

c. 2600 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 966 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1890
Antiquarian record, modern excavation from 1960s

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Structures & features

13.4200° N · 103.8600° E · 20 m · 3 mapped features

Main Pyramid Core
pyramid
Main Pyramid Core at Baksei Chamkrong — Ancillary Step North (Angkor) — pyramid with stratified deposits
13.4182° N · 103.8620° E
Mortuary Chapel
chapel
Mortuary Chapel at Baksei Chamkrong — Ancillary Step North (Angkor) — chapel with stratified deposits
13.4190° N · 103.8624° E
Causeway Segment
causeway
Causeway Segment at Baksei Chamkrong — Ancillary Step North (Angkor) — causeway with stratified deposits
13.4206° N · 103.8576° E

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Report2022
Baksei Chamkrong — Ancillary Step North (Angkor) – Excavation Reports and Site Monograph
Site Project Directors · 2022 · National Heritage Institute / University Press
Primary excavation data
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