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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.
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.
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.
The torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Cambodia's Angkor temple complex
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 ...
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 capital Phnom Penh. The two parts may be reattached for display. View on eur
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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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 ...
Angkor Resources' Subsidiary Receives Final Approval to Advance Onshore Oil and Gas, Cambodia
ANGKOR RESOURCES CORP. (TSXV: ANK) ("ANGKOR" OR "THE COMPANY") announces its Cambodian subsidiary, EnerCam Resources Co. Ltd.
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EnerCam secures final approval for Cambodian Block VIII onshore project
Angkor Resources subsidiary EnerCam Resources has received final approval to proceed with the onshore oil and gas development ...
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Archaeology breakthrough as scientists uncover part of ancient statue that could solve century-old puzzle
Archaeologists in Cambodia have made a breakthrough discovery that could solve a century-old puzzle. A Buddha statue torso ...
Century-old Angkor Wat mystery made whole
Archaeologists are celebrating an unexpected find at the country's centuries-old Angkor Wat complex: the torso of a statue of ...