The guide of the Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum, Mr. Voeun Vibol Sokhom, said that the sandstone pillar of Buddhism found in this excavation was named “Thousand Buddhas”, a rare artifact of Khmer art.Mr. Vibol Sokhom explained that the special feature of this sandstone pillar is that there are 1008 small Buddha images carved on its…

In collaboration with APSARA National Authority and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on 15 March 2023, through the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation (KCHF), a four-day training course has been held from March 13 to 17 March for technical staff of APSARA National Authority to use GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) to study underground archeology in the…

“Equinox” simply means that the duration of day and night is equal and the sun rises exactly over the central peak of Angkor Wat, which can be seen from the western entrance and will occur on 21 March 2023. In 2023, the special sunrise event can happen twice a year, once on 21 March and…

On the morning of 14 March 2023, APSARA National Authority’s Angkor Environmental Management Unit holds a meeting of the Angkor Environmental Management Committee to review the annual performance and discuss the direction of further activities for 2023 and coordinate the work of each department. To strengthen the efficiency of the implementation of environmental management systems…

A sandstone door guardian statue, 1.82 meters high, 0.78 meters wide, and 0.5 meters thick, has been repaired and displayed in the Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum. The head of the exhibition team and the guide at the Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum, Mr. Kun Phally, said that the door guardian statue was broken into six different…

The restoration team from the Department of Conservation of Monuments and Preventive Archaeology of the APSARA National Authority is repairing and strengthening the platform around the southwestern tower of the Lolei temple.During the restoration work, the team collected the broken and rotten bricks, reassembled them, and used the mortar to fill in the gaps to…