The reference travelogue of Ma Huan, interperter and translator with Zheng He's flotilla: how China saw the world in the early Ming dynasty era.

In English

Guardian of artistic treasures from the Khmer Temples, the Angkor Conservation also produced and stored detailed blue prints and archaeological field reports.

An endearing description of Angkor and other Khmer temples, enriched with private conversations with King Sihanouk.

In English

A technical and historical treatise on Khmer classical dance.

In English & Khmer

An English translation of famous "Le Glaize", the reference 1944 Architectural Guide by Angkor Conservator Maurice Glaize.

In English

The spatial development of pre-Angkorean and Angkorean religious and social systems in a vast area spreading from Tonle Sap Lake to Phnom Kulen.

In French

Second volume of a remarkable account of the Siamese, Cambodian and Laotian societies, geographical surveys and mining explorations.

In English

An inspired and perceptive exploration of the remains of the Ancient Khmer civilization at the start of the colonial era.

In French

A poignant -- albeit sometimes heavy on dystopia -- depiction of the ecological and human landscape of the "Great Lake" in the 2020s.

In English

A picturesque and pertinent travelogue of the 1871 mission set to rescue Cambodian princesses from Bangkok.

In English & French

The 1982 handbook of an oustanding collection of art from Japan, Korea, China, The Himalayas, India, Southeast Asia, and Islamic art.

A central element of Cambodian culture, traditions and art, the wooden house is a link connecting Ancient Angkor and modern Cambodia.

In English

25 years after its publication, still a reference in the effort for tracing and retrieving looted Khmer arts.

A bilingual manual of conversation which is also an interesting snapshot of the first years of the French Protectorate in Cambodia.

In French & Khmer

A colorful description of Cambodia, its geography and its people at the turn of the century.

In French

Far from cold scientific studies, an endearing invocation of Angkor and its ancient civilization by an Indian historian, poet and master in esoterism.

The astonishingly vivid and detailed Geography of India and Indochina by French free-thinker Élisée Reclus.

In French

'In the minds of the Khmers, these ruins were never inert buildings without souls, but monuments with a vital quality that still attracts all who see them.'

In English

Fishing and seafaring in the history of India and her contacts with the rest of the world.

In English

A lively description of mainland Southeast Asia in the 1820s.

In English

The first integral English translation of the Sanskrit Treatise on Hindu Dance, "Dramaturgy and Histrionics".

In English & Sanskrit

Recent discoveries in the field of Prehistoric Cambodia.

In English