Smithsonian Magazine1d
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 ...
Archaeology3d
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 ...
The Diplomat4d
Cambodia Willing to Use Force to Defend Sovereignty Over Temple, PM Says
The disagreement bears a close similarity to the dispute over Preah Vihear temple, which led to armed clashes during ...
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 ...
iNFOnews5d
The torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Cambodia's Angkor temple complex
The torso, believed to be from the 12th or 13th century, was discovered during a dig by a team of Cambodian and Indian ...
Buddha statue’s torso found at Cambodia’s Angkor temple complex
This torso matches a head found nearly a century ago at the same site. It is believed to be from the 12th or 13th century ...
Interesting Engineering6d
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.
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 ...