Monday, June 11, 2012

Asia - Voice of America: New Cambodia Art Planned for an Old Empire

Asia - Voice of America
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New Cambodia Art Planned for an Old Empire
Jun 11th 2012, 13:35

SIEM REAP - In Cambodia, the World Monuments Fund is putting the finishing touches on the first original carvings added to the famed temple ruins of Angkor Wat in some 800 years. The four statues will soon be erected to a roof top of the east gallery of Angkor Wat. This part of the massive temple complex contains one of its most famous bas relief friezes, called the Churning of the Sea of Milk, which depicts dueling gods and demons, adorned by apsaras - or celestial nymphs - ascending to ...

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