Toby 'The Weapon' Smith vs Superbon Lookjaomaesaivaree he stays of Prasat Ak Yom are to be found on the south side of the western baray, at about one kilometer east from one can as it were arrive by pontoon, on condition that the vegetation around the sanctuary itself is cleared.44 While maybe of little enthusiasm to the visitor, these vestiges, however not by any means cleared, are of awesome archeological significance since they are in truth the most seasoned in the district - more established even than the primary Angkor. Unearthing work required some exertion because of the measure of earth that required moving - it was even fundamental to impact the embankment of the baray, under which the havens where covered. Presumably began in the seventh century however not taking last shape until the start of the ninth - with changes clear in the re-utilization of a hefty portion of the stones - Ak Yom probably been mostly covered when the hub street west from the main Angkor (the city of Bakheng) was set up, to then totally vanish in the eleventh century under the extra hill of the southern bank of the present baray when this was shaped. Engravings on the support stones give separately the dates of 609, 704 and 1001 and uncover that the sanctuary was devoted to the god Gambhiresvara.