From Bungalow d'Angkor to Hotel des Ruines to Auberge Royale des Temples: 1909-1976
by Angkor Database
The six-decade history of the one and only accommodation inside Angkor Archaeological Park.
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October 1954: J.L. Nehru Goes To Angkor
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Seventy years ago, Prime Minister Nehru went to Angkor Wat and Banteay Srei during a diplomatic mission which took him to China, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
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De Phnom Penh a Pursat [From Phnom Penh to Pursat]
by Jean MouraAn important account on Cambodia in the early years of the French Protectorate.In French
Conceptions of State and Kingship in Southeast Asia
by Robert Heine-GeldernThis revised version of an article published in The Far Eastern Quarterly (Vol. 2, November 1942: 15-30) develops a dynamic approach to the much debated…In English
法国在柬埔寨的殖民统治及其崩溃 French Colonial Rule in Cambodia and Its Collapse
by Zhaolin XuA marxist analysis of French colonialism in Cambodia by a Chinese historian of Cambodian origin.In Chinese
Avec les danseuses royales du Cambodge [With the Royal Dancers of Cambodia]
by George GroslierA rare insight in the life and art of the Cambodian Royal Ballet dancers at the end of the 1920s, a critical period for the court dance form in the Kingdom.In French
The (Murky) Origin of the Tokyo National Museum Collection of Khmer Art
by Sadao FujiharaAncient Khmer sculptures as "political gifting": the controversial case of cultural exchanges between Colonial France and Imperial Japan during World War II.In French & Japanese
The World's Oldest Plan of Angkor: The Japanese so-called Jetavana, an Illustrated Plan of the Seventheeth Century
by Yoshiaki IshizawaWho drew the very first known plan of Angkor Wat, the "Jetavana"?In English & Japanese
Kauṇḍinya, Preah Thaong, and the "Nāgī Somā": Some Aspects of a Cambodian Legend
by Rudiger GaudesA summary of the many versions of the Kaundinya-Neang Neak story, the founding legend of Cambodia.In English
Puzzling Pavilion
by Angkor DatabaseWhat is the origin of the "Iron Palace", often called "Napoleon" or "Suez", erected in the precinct of the Royal Palace of Cambodia in the 1860s or 1870s?In English & French
សិក្សាចក្រ Siksācakr - Journal of Cambodia Research - Revue de recherche sur le Cambodge
Table of contents of Siksacakr issues available at Angkor Database LibraryIn English, French & Khmer
និរាសនគរវត្ត Niras Nokor Wat-1969 Edition
by Suttantaprija Ind & Team Teng LyThe 1969 version of Oknha Suttantaprija Ind's famed poem, Niras Nokor Wat [Journey to Nokor Wat], edited by Cambodian writer Ly Team Theng.In Khmer
The King's Other Career
by Corinne RivoallanIn this 1997 interview, King Norodom Sihanouk talks about his movies and how they expressed his "love for my Cambodia and its people."In English
Nouvelles études sur l'ouvrage de Zhou Daguan [New Research on Zhou Daguan's account of Angkor]
by Baoyun YangA short study of Xian Nai's apportation to a better understanding of Zhou Daguan's essential account on Angkor.In French
Au Tonkin, en Cochinchine et au Cambodge
by Xavier Brau de Saint-Pol LiasA staunch proponent of French colonialist expansion taking in the state of affairs in Indochina during the troubled mid-1880s.In French
Some Chinese Loanwords in Khmer
by Saveros Pou & Philip N. Jenner300 words derived from Chinese into Khmer, directly or through other Southeast Asian languages. A 1973 reference publication in Khmer linguistic studies.
Rêveries sur les danseuses cambodgiennes [Musings on the Cambodian Dancers]
by Francis Miomandre (de)The perception of the Cambodian dancers in 1920s and 1930s Paris, by a famed art critic and his detractors.In French
Les monuments religieux de la province de Bati [Religious Monuments of Bati Province]
by Andrew SpoonerAn exploratory description of ancient Khmer temples in the historic Khet Bati (Bati Province), visited in 1877 by an amateur archaeologist.In French
A Siamese Prince Journeys to Angkor: Encounters with a Shared Heritage
by Alexandra DenesA study on 1925 Prince Damrong's Nirat Nakhon Wat,In English
La fête du retrait des eaux a Phnom Penh (1968) [Festival of the Flood Waters Receding, 1968]
The origin and meaning of Khmer Water Festival, Bon Om Tuk, in a description of the 1968 celebrations by a journalist then King Sihanouk's press attache.In French
La fete des eaux a Phnom Penh (1901) [Phnom Penh Water Festival, 1901]
by Adhémard LeclèreExploring the origins and meanings of one of the most typically Cambodian festival, ពិធីបុណ្យអុំទូក, Water Festival (as witnessed in 1901).In French
Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum សារៈមន្ទីរព្រះនរោត្តម សីហនុ-អង្
by Angkor DatabaseThe Cambodian museum closest to Angkor, with strong ties to the local communities and the ongoing archaeological research.In English
Fouilles en Cochinchine: Le Site de Go Oc Eo, Ancien Port du Royaume de Fou-nan [Excavations in Cochinchina: The Site of Go Oc Eo, Former Port of the Funan Kingdom]
by George CoedèsGeorge Coedès on the first comprehensive archaeological exploration in the area supposed to be the heart of the ancient Kingdom of Funan.In French