Angkor, Buddha and Cambodia

Cambodian archaeologists restoring ancient temple causeway in Angkor park
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 (March 15).
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.
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.
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.
The torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Cambodia's Angkor temple complex
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — 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 ...
Archaeologists Celebrate Discovery of Missing 12th-Century Buddha Torso in Cambodia’s Ancient Angkor Temple
Hailed as a ‘significant find,’ the missing and long-searched-for Buddha torso has been dated between the 12th and 13th centuries
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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 ...
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 ...
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Economists optimistic about upcoming Angkor Sankranta
Hong Vanak, an economist at the Royal Academy of Cambodia, told The Post that he believed the event in Siem Reap will ...
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Cambodia had over 611k tourist arrivals in Jan, with Thailand, Vietnam and China top sources
Cambodia recorded 611,894 international tourist arrivals in January, with Thailand, Vietnam and China the top-three feeder ...
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Cambodia Secures Emirates, Turkish Airlines Routes Amid Slower Recovery
The expansion by Emirates and the entry of Turkish Airlines come at a crucial time for Cambodia’s aviation market, which has ...
Filmmakers name their favourite (and least favourite) locations
Seven of Australia’s film industry luminaries name the filming locations they fell in love with as destinations in their own ...
Angkor Spring Equinox set for March 20-22; thousands of visitors expected in three days
Cambodian Authorities say that the Spring Equinox at Angkor – an event that draws thousand of tourists to Cambodia's iconic ...