Churning of the Sea of Milk Bas-Relief, Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Ninety-two asuras and 88 devas churn the cosmic ocean to extract amrita, the elixir of immortality. The carving runs 49 meters and rewards close attention — the faces are individualized, the motion legible even in stone. It's the most technically ambitious thing in the complex. © Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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