While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a Buddha statue. They then brought their find—which has been dated to the 12 ...

Experts Baffled to Find 1,000-Year-Old 'Lost City' of Khmer Empire Hidden Beneath a Forest For centuries, dense jungles ...

Explore the tumultuous rise of the Khmer Empire, one of the greatest civilizations in human history with the immense temple complex of Angkor Wat at its heart.

Archaeologists at Ta Prohm temple in Cambodia have discovered a 800-year-old Buddha torso that matches a statue head found in ...

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,” ...

Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country's centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the torso of a centuries-old Buddha statue that matches a head unearthed a century ago at the ...

It contains the ruins of Khmer Empire capitals from the 9th to 15th centuries, including the temple of Angkor Wat, featured on several Cambodian banknotes, such as the 2,000 riel note depicting ...

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 ...

[1] Wild monkeys at Cambodia’s Angkor temple complex have been causing trouble, encouraged by YouTubers. Officials say the monkeys are attacking tourists. They are also damaging the temple’s stonework ...

The centuries- old temples of the country’s famed Angkor Wat played host to a parade ... where the ruins of the Khmer empire’s greatest monuments are surrounded by lush forests and giant ...

"The temples in Angkor reflected the geography of heaven ... Cambodia has been around thousands of years, and the Khmer Empire predates a lot of these current-day countries.