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Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
For nearly a century, the head of a Buddha statue has been kept in the collections of the National Museum of Cambodia. Its ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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The torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Cambodia's Angkor temple complex
It stands at 1.16 meters (3 3/4 feet) tall and is in the Bayon art style, associated with Angkor’s Bayon temple. “It was a big surprise when we unearthed this sculpture because all we’d ...
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 ...
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 ...