During a recent excavation, a team of archaeologists searching the structure of Angkor Thom’s iconic Royal Palace in Cambodia for fallen stones discovered something far more valuable: 12 sandstone “door guardian” statues. Cambodia’s APSARA National Authority, the government agency that manages the Angkor Archaeological Park, announced the findings in a recent statement.
“Experts believe these door guardian statues exemplify the Khneang Style, aligning with the construction period of the 11th-century palace,” Chhay Phanny, spokesperson to APSARA National Authority, writes in the statement translated into English.
