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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Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
The two pieces of the 800-year-old sculpture were discovered roughly 160 feet away from each other at the Ta Prohm Temple in ...
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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 ...
Stone head of Buddha statue found in Cambodia in 1927. Now, rest of body discovered
The pieces of a disarticulated statue of Buddha have been reunited nearly a century after the first piece was found at the Ta ...
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The Art Institute of Chicago Is Returning a 12th-Century Buddha Sculpture to Nepal
Museum officials say they are voluntarily repatriating the object after learning that it had been stolen from Guita Bahi in the Kathmandu Valley ...
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Missing torso of Buddha’s head discovered, solves century-old puzzle
A long-lost Buddha statue is being reassembled at Angkor after a recent torso discovery in an archaeological breakthrough.
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The torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Cambodia's Angkor temple complex
She described the statue’s design as displaying carved jewelry and robe and sash, with a unique left-hand gesture across the ...
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Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
APSARA National Authority For nearly a century, the head of a Buddha statue ... with its left hand placed across its chest, “an uncommon representation in Khmer art,” according to a statement ...
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What Archaeologists Are Uncovering About the Buddha in His Legendary Nepali Hometown
Shortly after dawn, more than 200 monks from an order of Tibetan exiles carry carefully bundled scriptures and 108 gold-gilt ...
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Stone head of Buddha statue found in Cambodia in 1927. Now, rest of body discovered
Archaeologists said a Buddha head was found during the ... The statue has jewelry and has its hand placed in a odd way for an art piece of this time period, researchers said.
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Experts Just Completed an Ancient Buddha Statue
The torso find at a Cambodian temple matches a Buddha head discovered ... and a left hand crossing the chest—“an uncommon representation in Khmer (Cambodian) art.” As fascinating as the ...