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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 ...
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 Prohm Temple in Cambodia, archaeology officials announced.
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 ...
Giant statue of ancient Buddhist monk in southwest Japan cleansed ahead of spring festival
One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi ...
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Workers save Buddha statue as South Korea's wildfires raze ancient temple
Andong, South Korea - At South Korea’s thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a ... the north side of the building razed to charred ...
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Stone head of Buddha statue found in Cambodia in 1927. Now, rest of body discovered
At Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia ... and compared to the body of the Buddha, they realized the pieces fit together, despite being discovered 98 years apart. The statue has jewelry and has its ...
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Workers save Buddha as S. Korea's wildfires raze ancient temple
At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire ... blaze found the north side of the building razed to charred rubble ...