Books

Banteay Chhmar

Children's Corner | ផ្នែកកុមារ

A selection of books for the younger Angkor visitors.

Dancing in Cambodia, At Large in Burma

A dazzling, poignant journey through Cambodia's modern history and the 'Stories in Stones' told by Angkor.

Khmer Silverwares

Silver ( ប្រាក់,'Prak', in Khmer) through Cambodian history, ending with a fine analyzis of regional styles and productions of modern silversmiths.

Cambodian Glory

"The Mystery of the Deserted Khmer Cities and their vanished splendour; and A Description of Life in Cambodia To-Day"

Seams of Change: Clothing and the Care of the Self in late 19th and 20th century Cambodia

The interviews of elderly Cambodians about their everyday lives and how traditions and modernity would combine.

Fleur de Lotus (Lotus Blossom)

An "orientalist" novel based on extensive knowledge of Angkorean civilization and Khmer popular culture.

Danses Cambodgiennes (Cambodian Dance)

The first complete study on Khmer classical (royal) dance by a Cambodian researcher, Minister of the Royal Palace in the 1920s.

Bali and Angkor: A 1930s Pleasure Trip Looking at Life and Death

Out-of-the-box considerations on Khmer Art and the fall of Angkor.

André Maire, Peintre Voyageur (The Traveling Artist)

Paintings and sketches by a prolific artist who visited Angkor starting from 1919.

Chansons cambodgiennes (Cambodian Songs)

54 traditional Khmer songs transcribed with musical scores and a temptative transliteration.

Voyage dans les Royaumes de Siam, de Cambodge et de Laos

Famous relation of the January 1860 visit to Angkor site, in the original version and edition.

L'Art de la cuisine cambodgienne (The Cambodian Cookbook)

Traditional Khmer cuisine recipes compiled by the Royal Aunt of King Norodom Sihanouk.

Les gens d'Angkor (The People of Angkor)

Heartfelt portraits of Cambodian people living within the Angkorian territory in the 1990s.

Cambodia from Funan to Chenla, A Thousand Years of Monetary History

While the Angkorian civilization never developed a real monetary system, the kingdoms of Funan and Chenla did use various types of money in their transactions.

Sosoro Museum Guidebook

Opened in 2019, the Sosoro Museum in Phnom Penh is dedicated to the history of economy and monetary systems in the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Khmer Costumes and Ornaments of the Devatas of Angkor Wat

The first recension of female sculpted representations in Angkor, and and enduring study in "Khmer elegance".

Brève et véridique relation des évènements du Cambodge

One of the first accounts of Angkor and the surrounding Kingdom of Cambodia by a Western traveler.

Khmers, L'éternel et l'éphémère

What is everlasting, and what fleeting? The question lies at the core of Khmer culture, and of Angkor history.

ប្រភព និង ការវិវត្តន៍នៃគ្រឿងអលង្ការ ខ្មែរសម្រាប់ទេវតា និងមនុស្ស

Origins and Evolution of Khmer Jewelry for Angels and Human Beings

Vorvong & Saurivong, A Cambodian Tale

Khmer folktale collected by Auguste Pavie in 1881 on the road from Kompong Som to Oudong during an unplanned stay in a travelers lodge.

South East Asia in Images, 1935-1938

Collection of drawings and paintings from the students of the Gia Dinh Fine Arts School

Angkor and Cambodia in the Sixteenth Century

The first and only collection of Spanish and Portuguese written sources on Angkor, predating the Angkorian "rediscovery" by more than 300 years.

Voyage et séjour aux ruines des monuments kmers

Picturesque account of the Aymonier-Delaporte mission to Angkor in the 1870s

Les racines d'Angkor

The proto-historic Khmer culture reflected through the Phum Snay excavations

Angkor, sérénité bouddhique / Angkor: Buddhist Serenity

A deeply personal and reflective photographic work on Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and the Bayon.

Zhou Daguan's Customs of Cambodia new translation

Mémoire collective chez les Khmers et leurs voisins

Selected Papers on Khmerology / Choix d'articles de khmérologie

Studies on the Art of Ancient Cambodia

Angkor, Chronique d'une renaissance

La photographie ancienne en Asie

Stories in Stone

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Banteay Srei at Angkor

Tonle Sap

Melanges sur l'Archéologie du Cambodge

Lost Goddesses

The first study ever to address the place of women in Cambodian history, or what lays behind the Apsara Smile.

Cambodian Buddhism, History & Practice

Zhou Dagan's "Customs of Cambodia"

Another translation of the most ancient account of the life in Angkor by the Chinese merchant and traveler Zhou Daguan

Voyage au Cambodge, l'architecture khmer

Major essay on Khmer architecture, past and relatively modern

Khmer Ceramics, beauty and meaning

150 items from Khmer ceramics private collections

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor

Twenty years of dreamlike, magical and yes, elegiac photography through the ruins of Angkor

Murder and Mayhem in 17th Century Cambodia

Anthony van Diemen versus King Ramadhipati I

The Khmer Empire

Cities and Sanctuaries from the 5th to the 13th Century

Cambodia Captured

Angkor's First Photographers in 1860's Colonial Intrigues

Un pèlerin d'Angkor

One of the most inspired (and inspirational) travelogue on Angkor in the pioneering times

Sambaur Prei Kuk

The Isanavarma Monuments (AD 615-628) and their surroundings

Shadow Over Angkor

First part of King Norodom Sihanouk's memoirs

Etudes sur le Ramakerti

Respected Cambodian scholar Saveros Pou offers a collection of studies on the Khmer version of the Ramayana

A History of Cambodia

One of the major must-read studies on Cambodia history.