900-year-old statues — guardians of a palace gate — unearthed in Cambodia. See them

Archaeologists working near a 900-year-old palace in Cambodia set out to search for rocks. But their project quickly took a more historic turn when they unearthed statue after statue after statue.

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The joint Cambodian-Chinese team was working on an entry gate leading to the walled Royal Palace, an 11th-century complex built by kings of the Khmer Empire, APSARA National Authority said in an Oct. 28 news release. The palace is part of the complex that includes the Angkor Wat temple.

While digging around the palace gate, archaeologists made a “remarkable discovery”: 12 ancient “guardian statues.”

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