Only Angkor Wat remained in use ... When the 22-year-old author was put on trial, he was forced to return the statues and was given a year’s suspended sentence. In 1907, a French archaeological ...

Calling Cambodia’s Angkor Wat one of the most significant archaeological discoveries won’t be incorrect! This South-East ...

This February 2025 image provided by the Apsara National Authority, shows a headless statue excavated by archaeologists at the Angkor temple complex in Cambodia's Siem Reap province. According to ...

After a dazzling sunrise, we spend over an hour examining Angkor Wat’s long decorative corridors, steep stairs and hidden nooks guarded by stone statues of Khmer lions and serpent-like naga.

Angkor Wat was built starting in 1113 by Khmer King ... for more serene artwork and terrific views. Many of the Buddha statues up here, and elsewhere throughout the temple (and throughout the ...

It stands at 1.16 meters (3 3/4 feet) tall and is in the Bayon art style, associated with Angkor’s Bayon temple. “It was a big surprise when we unearthed this sculpture because all we’d ...

The statue’s presumed head was discovered at the same temple in 1927 during the French colonial era, and is currently kept at Cambodia’s main National Museum in the capital Phnom Penh.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — 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 ...