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Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
The two pieces of the 800-year-old sculpture were discovered roughly 160 feet away from each other at the Ta Prohm Temple in ...
Angelina Jolie’s Tomb Raider temple a close second to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat
Jane Phare reflects on the highlights of a 16-day trip to Cambodia and Vietnam, including eight days drifting down the Mekong ...
After 98 Years, Archaeologists Found the Missing Torso of an Ancient Buddha Statue
While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a ...
Cambodia’s Siem Reap is the gateway to ancient Angkor – here’s how to get the best out of your trip
Cambodia’s Siem Reap is the gateway to ancient Angkor – here’s how to get the best out of your trip - With a sleek new ...
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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 ...
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The torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Cambodia's Angkor temple complex
The torso, believed to be from the 12th or 13th century, was discovered during a dig by a team of Cambodian and Indian ...
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 ...
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 ...