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Archaeologists In Cambodia Unearthed A Dozen Sandstone Statues Identified As Door Guardians, Some Of Which Are Over 1,000 Years Old
During that time, many Khmer cultural treasures were stolen. This past August, the country celebrated the return of numerous artifacts from museums and private collections overseas. Cambodia has ...
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Lost Treasures of Angkor
For the first time, a secret hoard of gold and silver artifacts, discovered in Laos ... Explore the tumultuous rise of the Khmer Empire, one of the greatest civilizations in human history with ...
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Temporary Exhibition ‘Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia’ Opens
At the Denver Museum of Nature & Science on Feb. 21 The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is delighted to announce the opening of its newest exhibition, “Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia,” ...
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Cambodia’s Stolen Statues Are Coming Home to an Overflowing Museum
That includes the rise and fall of the Khmer Empire that built Angkor Wat, and the looting of Cambodian artifacts that peaked in the 1990s. On a fall afternoon, visitors would not have known that ...
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‘Priceless’ history makes it home
A statement from the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts described the returned artifacts as embodying the “priceless cultural heritage and the souls of generations of Khmer ancestors.” ...