My Son is a World Heritage site filled with temple ruins of the Champa
civilization of Vietnam. It sits south
of Hoi An. My Son, Hoi An, Tra Kieu (Simhapura) and the Cham Islands played
important roles in the old Champa Kingdom.
At
My Son, you can find the remains of over 70 Hindu temples and tombs. These red
brick towers and sanctuaries are important heritage remains for Vietnam, but
the extant of the site is not on the scale of Angkor Wat or Borobudur. Scriptures
in Sanskrit and Cham have been recovered or identified at the site.
This video from UNESCO gives a glimpse of My Son and its surviving people.
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