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The Bayon, at the very center of Angkor Thom, was built in the late 12th century, about one hundred years after Angkor Wat, by Jayavarman VII. It contains no fewer than 200 of these heads, some over 2 meters tall.

They represent the omnipresent God, the compassionate boddhisattva, Lokesvara, who, not suprisingly, bore a striking resemblance to Jayavarman himself. But then, he was another in the long line of God-Kings - one of the last, as it turns out. This was also the first monument to be built to a Buddhist, and not a Hindu God.