Publications Publications Puzzling Pavilion
What 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?Books A Guide to Phnom Penh
A rare guidebook of Phnom Penh published in 1992, when the capital city was still emerging from civil war. With a quick hop to Angkor.Photos Phnom Penh and Indochina 1885, by Xavier Brau de Saint-Pol Lias
The photographic record of a visit to Phnom Penh in 1885.Publications Travelers, Dreamers, Adventurers and Agitators: Common Worlds and Uncommon Lives Across Nineteenth–Century Cambodia
A fascinating exploration of lesser known, unofficial documents and testimonies on pre-colonial Cambodia and the French push for colonization.Books A Brief and Truthful Relation of Events in the Kingdom of Cambodia
One of the first accounts of Angkor and the surrounding Kingdom of Cambodia by a Western traveler.Books 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.