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Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
The two pieces of the 800-year-old sculpture were discovered roughly 160 feet away from each other at the Ta Prohm Temple in ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN8d
The Art Institute of Chicago Is Returning a 12th-Century Buddha Sculpture to Nepal
The Art Institute of Chicago is returning a 12th-century sculpture to Nepal after learning that it had been stolen. Officials ...
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
Archaeologists discovered a torso that unexpectedly matched an iconic Buddha head that had been unearthed more than a century ...
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The torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Cambodia's Angkor temple complex
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — 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 ... tall and is ...
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Buddha Statue Reunited with Head Found in 1927
Torso of Buddha statue unearthed at Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia. TA PROHM, CAMBODIA—Archaeologists discovered the torso of a ...
Stone head of Buddha statue found in Cambodia in 1927. Now, rest of body discovered
The pieces of a disarticulated statue of Buddha have been reunited nearly a ... The body was in a Bayon style of art and was ...
Art Institute will return Buddha sculpture to Nepal
The museum’s researchers collaborated with the government of Nepal to determine the sculpture had been stolen from the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.
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Art Institute of Chicago Returns Stolen Buddha to Nepal
The Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) this week announced the return of Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda to Nepal ...