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Ancient City (Muang Boran)

Ancient City (or as it's known in Thai: Muang Boran) is the world's largest outdoor museum, filled with replicas of Thailand's historic monuments and works of art. According to its creator, "it's not only a portrait of Thailand's living past, but this place portrays roots of Thai society and culture that our ancestors founded for us and our next generation." (All quotes in the captions are from the printed GUIDE TO MUANG BORAN.) The numbers of the photos correspond to the numbers of the exhibits, of which there are over 116.
#10-Main street of Old Market Town #10-Schoolchildren in Old Market Town #10-Barbershop #10-Large artwork of tooled leather #10-Antique Khon mask
#10-Liquor Shop #1 #10-Liquor Shop #2 #10-Drum Tower #10-Opium House Sleeping cat
#11-The Tiger King's Palace, Phetchaburi #17-Buddha Image of the Dvaravati Period #19-Khun Phaen House #23-Dusit Maha Prasat Palace (The Grand Palace), Bangkok #23-Dusit Maha Prasat Palace, dome interior
#23-Dusit Maha Prasat Palace, decor over doorway #23-Dusit Maha Prasat Palace, mural detail #24-Rattanakosin Dwelling #27-Sanphet Prasat Palace, Ayutthaya #27-Sanphet Prasat Palace, dome exterior
#27-Image of Ganga, Hindu river goddess #27-Sculpture of traditional Thai dancers #27-Sanphet Prasat Palace, dome interior #27-Sanphet Prasat Palace, throne room ceiling #27-Sanphet Prasat Palace, hall of the Buddha image
#28-Ramayana Garden #30-Phra Kaew Pavilion, dome interior #33-Mondop of the Footprint of the Lord Buddha, Saraburi #26-Seated Buddha image #37-The Courage of the People of Bang Rachan
#42-The Sukhothai Wihan No#-Sculpture of Surasawadi No#-New structure of Hindu architecture No#-Wooden carving of fish and female No#-Wooden carving of bird-man
#43-God of the Moon #43-God of Thursday #43-Lion head #43-Vishnu asleep #45-Floating Market
#45-Floating Market, close up #45-Chinese pavilion, interior #45-Ceiling with reflections #45-Floating Market seen from the Chinese Pavilion #45-River barges, Floating Market
#62-Wihan at Wat Phumin, Nan Province #64-Mondop of the Footprint of the Lord Buddha, Uttaradit #70-Lan Chang styled wihan ceiling #71-Phra That Phanom, Nakhon Phanom #72-Staircase to Phra Wihan, Preah Vihear, Si Sa Ket
#72-Phra Wihan (Preah Vihear) #72-Phra Wihan (Preah Vihear), walkway View from Phra Wihan Hill #89-Sculpture of The Churning of the Ocean Red bridge, Folk Museum (#75) in background
#75-Folk Museum #76-Prang in the city of Si Thep, Phetchabun province #91-Buddha image, Dvaravati Wihan #100-Sala of Ten Reincarnations #100-Image of an elephant
#100-Sala of Ten Reincarnations, ceiling #105-Bodhisattva Avolokitesvara (Kuan Yin) #106-Bodhisattva Avolokitesvara Performing a Miracle #110-Approaching the Pavilion of the Enlightened #110-Within the Pavilion of the Enlightened
#110-Sculpture group of enlightened monks #110-Sculpture of an enlightened monk, close up #110-Large Happy Buddha image #111-Rainbow Bridge #113-Thai junk