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The torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Cambodia’s Angkor temple complex

Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a head found nearly a century ago at the same site.

TheCollector on MSN · 2d

Missing Torso of Buddha Statue Found at Angkor Wat Complex

Archaeologists just solved a century-old mystery at Cambodia’s Angkor Temple Complex. They unearthed the long-lost torso of a Buddha statue from the Khmer Empire, the medieval Hindu-Buddhist civilization that once exerted influence over much of mainland Southeast Asia.

Xinhuanet · 1d

Archaeologists restoring ancient temple's causeway in Cambodia's Angkor park

PHNOM PENH, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists have been restoring the eastern causeway of the centuries-old Beng Mealea temple in the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia, the APSARA National Authority (ANA) said in a news release on Saturday.

The Phnom Penh Post12m

‘Mr. Buddha’ visits Angkor to promote tourism and peace

Gagan Malik, a renowned Bollywood actor who is famous for his portrayal of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, has visited Cambodia’s ...

Artnet News2d

Cambodian Archaeologists Reunite a Sculpture Head and Torso After 100 Years

Archaeologists at Ta Prohm temple in Cambodia have discovered a 800-year-old Buddha torso that matches a statue head found in ...

1don MSN

Surprise find at ancient temple could complete century-old puzzle

The Angkor site sprawls across some 155 square miles (400 square kilometres), containing the ruins of capitals of various Cambodian empires from the 9th to the 15th centuries. Scholars consider it to ...

4don MSN

Archaeology breakthrough as 'missing torso' of Buddha statue unearthed in Cambodian Angkor temple

Archaeologists have unearthed the torso of a centuries-old Buddha statue that matches a head unearthed a century ago at the ...

Interesting Engineering on MSN1d

Missing torso of Buddha’s head discovered, solves century-old puzzle

A long-lost Buddha statue is being reassembled at Angkor after a recent torso discovery in an archaeological breakthrough.

Economists optimistic about Cambodia's upcoming Angkor Sankranta event

Businessmen and economists have shared their belief that the upcoming Angkor Sankranta event, to be held in Siem Reap ...

ScandAsia3d

Aftenposten.no invites subscribers to bicycle around Cambodia

The Norwegian news media Aftenposten.no invites subscribers to embark on a scenic bicycle adventure through Cambodia, ...

3don MSN

Missing torso of Buddha statue found at Cambodia's Angkor temple complex

According to archaeologists, the head of the same statue was dug up in 1927 and is now in Cambodia's National museum in the ...

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