Archaeologists Stumble Upon 900-Year-Old Door Guardian Statues in Cambodia

Smithsonian -
The team was analyzing the structure of a royal palace’s gate when they discovered 12 statues made out of sandstone.

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

Miami Herald -
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.

Cambodian royal Princess Jenna denies chasing K-pop stardom

Straits Times -
Cambodian Princess Jenna Norodom is no ordinary 12-year-old.

Meet the 12-year-old Cambodian princess who apparently wants to become a K-pop idol

Korea JoongAng Daily -
Cambodian princess Jenna Norodom is reportedly considering becoming a trainee in Korea to debut as an idol, according to a Taiwanese news outlet. The...

Centuries-old serpent head — Buddha’s protector — found buried in Cambodia. See it

Sacramento Bee -
For centuries, the reign of King Jayavarman VII of Cambodia was mostly lost to history.

Supercars line up at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temples

AFP -
The centuries-old temples of Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat played host to a parade of Rolls-Royces, Ferraris and Lamborghinis Tuesday, although drivers were banned from...

Is this ‘nonsense’ or ‘OK’? Real-life ‘Temple Run’ at Cambodian sacred site Angkor Wat divides opinions

Stuff -
Tourists are filming themselves running around sacred Cambodian landmark Angkor Wat to mimic the old mobile game Temple Run. Some conservationists who work at the site are appalled by the trend.

Tourists taking part in ‘Temple Run challenge’ at historic Cambodian Unesco site receive backlash

Independent -
Conservationists and academics have condemned the trend as a ‘disaster waiting to happen’.

Cambodia welcomes return of looted treasures from US

AFP -
Cambodia on Aug 22 welcomed the return of a batch of trafficked Buddhist and Hindu statues from collectors and museums in the United States. RELATED Video:...

These countries banned music—but artists still found a way

National Geographic -
Music and performance bans in Cambodia and Saudi Arabia sparked resistance, and led to new eras of identity expression and underground scenes.

Can the Thai-Cambodian heritage conflict end?

Thai PBS World -
While Thailand and Cambodia share borders, a long history and numerous cultural similarities – religion, architecture, language, and martial arts to name but a few – these common threads have, ironically, become a source of tension in recent years.

Cambodia welcomes the Metropolitan Museum’s repatriation of statues looted over decades of turmoil

AP -
The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday.

Cambodians gather for “He Neak Ta,” praying for good fortune, prosperity, and rain

AP -
Hundreds of Cambodian villagers on Tuesday took part in a rare traditional guardian spirit ceremony praying for good fortune, rain and prosperity, as they aimed to preserve this ancient tradition.

Cambodian ‘fairy dancer’ wins hearts for rejecting film fame to promote country’s culture on global stage

South China Morning Post -
She masters intricate moves of nation’s mesmerising hand-gesture dance.

Young Cambodians fight to preserve ancient martial art

AFP -
In a small Cambodian town near the banks of the Mekong River, law student Oeun Bunthav tenses his slender torso and steels himself for an elbow strike to his head.

Opinion: An Open Letter to Cambodians Regarding the Repatriations of “The Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand

The Cambodia Daily -
It saddened me to learn that over the past week, some Thais and Cambodians on social media heightened the level of toxic and degrading verbal and written attacks against one another as a result of the repatriation of “The Golden Boy” bronze statue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City after many decades.

800-year-old statue was missing its head — until now. See the find in Cambodia

Miami Herald -
Archaeologists uncovered the missing head of an 800-year-old statue at a dramatic gateway leading into the iconic Angkor Wat complex. Photo from APSARA National Authority

Golden Boy goes home – but where is home, exactly?

Apollo Magazine -
When the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced its plan to deaccession 16 Angkorian sculptures, Cambodians and Cambodia watchers were overjoyed, although not altogether surprised.

Workers cleaning up dirt at 800-year-old temple uncover dozens of ancient statues

Miami Herald -
Workers assigned to clean up a pile of dirt at an 800-year-old temple in Cambodia quickly found their task was anything but straightforward. Instead, the project uncovered dozens of ancient statues.

‘Rare’ statue sat hidden in dried-up pond at 800-year-old temple — until now. See it

Sacramento Bee -
A dried-up pond sat in the shadow of an imposing 800-year-old temple in Cambodia. The temple may have attracted the most attention, but, as archaeologists recently discovered, the pond held its own secrets too.

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