‘1620’, A Cautionary Tale
The rivalry between Cambodia and Siam during the 17th century.
The rivalry between Cambodia and Siam during the 17th century.
"Once in a glorious time in the time, there was a king who was law-abiding and generous"....
Following Michel Butor's soaring vision of Angkor, the more conventional, scholarly but extremely enjoyable historical essay by Nouth Narang.
From Antoine Brébion's Dictionnaire de Bio-Bibliographie, Paris, 1935
Political, strategical, commercial and agricultural motives led to the successive emergence of Khmer capital cities after Angkor lost its central...
New historic approach of the builder of Koh Ker, Jayavarman IV.
With a map of "Indochina", an expanded version of Pere Bouillevaux's 1858 book.
The spatial development of pre-Angkorean and Angkorean religious and social systems in a vast area spreading from Tonle Sap Lake...
A fresh attempt in explaining the "disappearance-transformation" of the ancient Khmer power center.
Since 1903, statues and bas-reliefs picturing King Jayavarman VII have been extensively studied. This essay summarizes theories and stimulates further research.
A reevaluation of the Koh Ker urban plan based on new archaelogical and scientific explorations since 2006.