My way of learning Cambodia had three steps.
First, AI. It mapped Khmer history into chapters: early stories, the shift from Hinduism to Buddhism, why rice farming mattered, the water systems and weather around it, modernization. Angkor Wat is even on the flag.
Then the museum. I snapped photos and asked AI to identify each god, Buddha and apsara and tell its story.
Then Angkor Wat itself. Standing inside it is the part that actually stays with you.