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An incredible discovery at Angkor Wat surprises archaeologists
A recent archaeological dig turned up a mostly complete Buddhist statue dating centuries, possibly during the 1100s or 1200s.
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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 ...
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 ...
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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.
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Surprise find at ancient temple could complete century-old puzzle
The statue's design features carved jewellery ... and body of the sculpture to make it whole for public display. The Angkor site sprawls across some 155 square miles (400 square kilometres ...
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Missing torso of Buddha’s head discovered, solves century-old puzzle
In addition to 29 fragments believed to belong to the same statue, an intact ... the significance of the Angkor Wat temple complex and its surrounding ancient marvels continues to resonate ...
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The torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Cambodia's Angkor temple complex
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 ...