Sources & Cited Material

Verification pass: 27 Aug 2026 (this file). Companion files: angkor-wat-research.md (Angkor Wat deep-dive pack), temples-index.md (A–Z temple index).

Status legend: OK fetched and verified live this pass / BLOCKED official but bot-blocked (HTTP 403) — verify by hand in a browser / STALE verified on an earlier pass only / DEAD dead link, do not cite.

Tier A — primary / official

Source	URL	Status	Cite for
UNESCO World Heritage List #668 "Angkor"	https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/668/	OK	Inscription facts, criteria i–iv, 400 km² park extent, OUV synthesis, APSARA / ICC-Angkor conservation timeline, Danger-List entry 1992 → removal 2004
Angkor Enterprise (official ticketing)	https://www.angkorenterprise.gov.kh/en/available-tickets	STALE	Ticket prices ($37/$62/$72), hours 5:00–18:30, extra-site tickets
APSARA National Authority	https://apsaraauthority.gov.kh/	BLOCKED	Site management, restoration projects. Links to it from UNESCO's own page, but the site 403s non-browser agents

Tier B — scholarship / reference

Source	URL	Status	Cite for
Maurice Glaize, The Monuments of the Angkor Group (1944, EFEO)	https://www.theangkorguide.com/	OK	The classic free full-text survey of every major monument — per-temple history, iconography and plans. Homepage works; deep CGI frame URLs 404 to fetchers, navigate via home → text.htm
Asian Historical Architecture photographic survey	https://www.orientalarchitecture.com/cambodia/	OK	Per-monument photo essays with dates/attribution. Cambodia section covers Angkor, Roluos, Koh Ker, Sambor Prei Kuk, Phnom Penh, Preah Vihear
World History Encyclopedia — Angkor Wat	https://www.worldhistory.org/Angkor_Wat/	OK	Peer-reviewed narrative of construction, symbolism, west-facing orientation debate
World History Encyclopedia — Khmer Empire	https://www.worldhistory.org/Khmer_Empire/	OK	Empire framing: 802–1431 CE, Jayavarman II onward, capital shifts
Michael Coe & Damian Evans, Angkor and the Khmer Civilization (Thames & Hudson)	book — see https://www.worldhistory.org/books/0500284423/	OK listed	Standard modern scholarly synthesis; cite for anything the free web is thin on (hydraulic city, urban sprawl, Zhou Daguan context)

Tier C — travel / trade journalism

All previously verified in angkor-wat-research.md (27 Aug 2026):

https://www.sacred-destinations.com/cambodia/angkor-wat — visitor-side description
https://www.worldhistory.org/Angkor_Wat/ (also Tier B)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/world-heritage/article/angkor
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/angkor-wat-reservoir-engineering-catastrophe-180974227/ — water-management collapse thesis
https://angkor.org/ — root verified this day; deeper paths may 404 (e.g. /temples-of-angkor/ failed)
https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-guides/cambodia-travel-tips/angkor-wat/

DEAD as of this pass:

theangkorguide.com/cgi-bin/frame-set2.cgi?… deep links (site alive, links rot)
Britannica's Angkor entry returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch — treat as unverifiable-by-bot, human-check before citing

How these map onto the site's content claims

Guided walkthrough tour (`js/tour.js`, Small Circuit stops)

Stop text comes from inline MAP_POIS built by tools/build-map.mjs out of data/temples.json + data/circuits.json. Historical assertions trace to:

Stop	Best citation
Angkor Wat	Glaize ch. on Angkor Wat · WHC #668 · WHA Angkor Wat
Angkor Thom South Gate	Glaize ch. on Angkor Thom · WHC #668
Bayon	Glaize ch. on Bayon · WHC #668 ("countless sculptural decorations")
Baphuon	Glaize ch. on Baphuon (anastylosis saga) · AHA Baphuon page
Terrace of the Elephants	Glaize ch. on the Royal Square terraces
Thommanon / Chau Say Tevoda	Glaize pair chapter · AHA pages
Ta Keo	Glaize ch. on Ta Keo (unfinished state-temple)
Ta Prohm	Glaize ch. · WHC #668 names it an exemplar of Khmer architecture
Banteay Kdei	Glaize ch.
Srah Srang	Glaize ch. (royal bathing pool)

Big Circuit + Banteay Srei Extension stop order lives in data/circuits.json; same mapping rule applies (Glaize has dedicated chapters for Preah Khan, Neak Pean, East Mebon, Pre Rup, Banteay Srei, Banteay Samré).

Temple Guide (`guide.html`, from `data/guide.json`)

The guide.json header already records its basis: standard Angkor scholarship — Glaize, UNESCO (WHC #668), EFEO conservation records. The 23 full history write-ups inherit that sourcing; each card links outward to a Wikimedia/ Openverse image search rather than claiming photo rights.

Images

Pexels CDN hotlinks, licence-free, all URLs tested 200 — table in angkor-wat-research.md §8
Wikimedia Commons via wsrv.nl proxy (some guide.json entries)
Direct Flickr farm links (older guide.json entries) — check before relying long-term
Openverse search link rendered on every photographed card (credit fallback)

Unsourced / thin spots (research backlog)

Research method note: AHA monument pages are AJAX-loaded — plain fetch gets only the nav. Wrapping URLs in https://r.jina.ai/<url> returns full body text + bibliography. Glaize's site serves empty body text to bots even via that route; AHA cites Jacques / Freeman / Laur directly, so their works back any claim Glaize can't verify by bot.

DONE 27 Aug 2026 — Roluos trio (Preah Ko, Lolei, Bakong): researched from AHA per-monument pages ( bibliography: Jacques, Khmer Empire; Laur, Angkor: an Illustrated Guide; Freeman & Jacques, Cities and Temples). History sections written into guide.json, photos hotlinked from CC-listed Flickr images verified HTTP 200 (via Openverse API). All 60 guide entries are now full write-ups.
Far-afield majors — Koh Ker & Beng Mealea (ticketed separately per Angkor Enterprise); Phnom Chisor, Tonle Bati, Wat Phnom & Silver Pagoda (Phnom Penh — AHA covers Phnom Penh)
Preah Vihear & Sambor Prei Kuk — both UNESCO-listed separately (2008 / 2017 inscriptions, whc.unesco.org list refs 1224 / 1432 — verify those IDs before citing)
Long tail (Ak Yum, Bat Chum, Krol Ko…) — AHA covers many of these under "Angkor" and "Siem Reap Province" (see its Cambodia nav); dig books (Coe/Evans) second

House rule carried over from angkor-wat-research.md: prefer non-Wikipedia/Wikimedia sources for prose; Wikimedia stays allowed as an image-search redirect target.