Films Les Ruines d'Angkor | The Ruins of Angkor (1913) One of the first (silent) documentaries on Angkor, produced for a French educational film program. In English & French
Links Music at Angkor A compilation of the imagery of musicians and musical instruments across bas-reliefs in Angkor Wat, Banteay Srei and the Bayon. In English
Books A l'ombre d'Angkor | In the Shadow of Angkor by George Groslier An inspired and perceptive exploration of the remains of the Ancient Khmer civilization at the start of the colonial era. In French
Publications A First-Century Stele from Sriksetra by Pamela Gutman & Bob Hudson The spread of Saivist and Buddhist influences into Pyu communities of ancient Burma. In English
Books Henri Mouhot, premier explorateur du Laos (1826-1861) by Jules Roy A documented profile of the later-acclaimed explorer, who had died in Laos and whose fame had not been yet established. In French
Books En sampan sur les lacs du Cambodge et a Angkor by Frédéric Gas-Faucher A colorful description of Cambodia, its geography and its people at the turn of the century. In French
Books Angkor Empire: A History of the Khmer of Cambodia by George Benjamin Walker Far from cold scientific studies, an endearing invocation of Angkor and its ancient civilization by an Indian historian, poet and...
Links Southeast Asian Archaelogy Bibliographic Database Over 17,000 bibliographic references on Southeast Asian, Indian and Chinese archaelogy. In English, French, Thai & Dutch
Publications Notice sur le Royaume de Khmer ou de Kambodge by Vinh Ky Truong The earliest contribution on Angkor published in an European scientific journal by a Southeastasian scholar. In French
Books Nouvelle géographie universelle, La terre et les hommes, VIII: L'Inde et l'Indo-Chine by Élisée Reclus The astonishingly vivid and detailed Geography of India and Indochina by French free-thinker Élisée Reclus. In French
Publications Northeast Thailand before Angkor by Sarah Talbot & Chutima Janthed Evidence from an archaeological excavation at the Prasat Hin Phimai in the 2000s. In English
Books Voyage dans l'Indo-Chine, 1848-1856 by C.-E. Bouillevaux Nearly twenty years before the "re-discoverer" of Angkor Henri Mouhot, a tireless Catholic missionary did visit the ancient Khmer city.
Publications Death and Mortuary Rituals in Mainland Southeast Asia: From Hunter-Gatherers to the God Kings of Angkor by Charles F. H. Higham A journey in time from elite burial rituals in the Neolithic Age to the "temple mausolea" of Angkor. In English
Books Angkor: An Introduction by George Coedès 'In the minds of the Khmers, these ruins were never inert buildings without souls, but monuments with a vital quality... In English
Links BKI - Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia and Oceania One of the oldest publications dedicated to Southeast Asian studies.
Publications Two Yoginis of Hevajra from Thailand by J.J. Boeles Two female dancers statuettes discovered in the 1950s and what they tell us about Khmer art and religion, Tantric Buddhism... In English
Publications The Life of the Ramayana in Ancient Cambodia: A Study of the Political, Religious and Ethical Roles of an Epic Tale in Real Time by Sophearith Siyonn A remarkable study in the Cambodian version of Ramayana through epigraphic and iconographic sources. In English
Links SPAFA Journal An open access resource on cultural and archaelogical research across Southeast Asia.
Publications THe Bay of Bengal Interaction Sphere (1000 BC – AD 500) by Sunil Gupta More about the BBIS (Bay of Bengal Interaction Sphere). In English
Publications Dance and Drama on Cambodian Temples by Boreth Ly A short survey on dance and drama reflected by Angkorean temples inscriptions, bas-reliefs and statuary. In English
Books The First Golden Civilization of Cambodia: Unexpected Archaeological Discoveries by Andreas Reinecke & Sophady Heng & Sonetra Seng & Laychour Vin Recent discoveries in the field of Prehistoric Cambodia. In English
Publications Music and Dance in Ancient Cambodia as Evidenced by Old Khmer Epigraphy by Saveros Pou Author(s): Saveros Pou Source: In English
Books The Angkorian city: From Hariharalaya to Yashodharapura by Miriam T. Stark & Alison K. Carter & Piphal Heng & Rachna Chhay An exhaustive update on contemporary archaelogical finds, and what we do know about the urbanistic development of the Angkorian city. In English
Publications The Archaelogy of early contact with India and the Mediterranean World, from the 4th century BC to the 4th century AD by Bérénice Bellina-Pryce & Ian Glover How global trade, spices and maritime routes impacted the links between India and ancient Southeast Asia. In English
Publications Coastal Connectivity: Long-Term Trading Networks Across the South China Sea by Kim Dung Nguyen & Peter Bellwood & Mike T. Carson The prehistory of cultural and commercial exchanges across the South China Sea and mainland Southeast Asia. In English
Books Indian Cultural Influence in Cambodia by Bijan Raj Chatterji A reference study on early Cambodia, Angkor civilization and its links to Indian culture. In English
Publications Cambodian Krishna at the Cleveland Museum: A Digital Feast “Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain’'. In English
Books Le Cambodge, II Les provinces siamoises | The Siamese Provinces by Etienne Aymonier The Khmer cultural and artistic heritage in the Siamese sphere of influence at the turn of the 20th century. In French
Publications The Overland Trading Route between the Khmer Empire and the Champa Kingdoms by Ky-Phuong Tran The land routes linking two neighbors, foes and trade partners, and the mutual influences in Khmer and Cham cultures. In English
Publications Conflicting Conceptions of the State: Siam, France and Vietnam in the Late Nineteenth Century by Martin Stuart-Fox Political entities and terminology in early and pre-modern Southeast Asia In English
Devata The Devatas of Chau Say Tevoda Temple The remarkable devatas of a precious temple in Angkor Thom
Publications The Chau Say Tevoda and Ta Keo Restoration Projects Two major restauration projects in Angkor Thom led by the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage (CACH) In English & Chinese
Khmer Art Worldwide Khmer Art at The National Gallery of Australia by Andy Brouwer Entry #15 in Khmer Art Worlwide Collection
Khmer Art Worldwide Bronze Reclining Vishnu – West Mebon by Andy Brouwer Entry #13 in Khmer Art Worldwide Collection
Khmer Art Worldwide Vajimukha - Prasat Neang Khmau by Andy Brouwer Entry #12 in Khmer Art Worlwide Collection
Khmer Art Worldwide Shiva and Uma, Husband and Wife - Banteay Srei by Andy Brouwer Entry #11 in Khmer Art Worldwide Collection
Khmer Art Worldwide Leper King or Yama – Terrace of the Leper King by Andy Brouwer Entry #10 in Khmer Art Worldwide Collection
Khmer Art Worldwide Lintel - Prasat Sralao by Andy Brouwer Entry #8 in Khmer Art Worldwide Collection
Khmer Art Worldwide The Battle of Bhima versus Duryodhana – Prasat Chen, Koh Ker by Andy Brouwer Entry #6 in Khmer Art Collection
Khmer Art Worldwide King Jayavarman VII in Angkor Thom by Andy Brouwer Entry #5 in Khmer Art Worldwide Collection
Khmer Art Worldwide Shiva Ardhanarishvara (“God is a Half-Woman”), I by Andy Brouwer Entry #2, Khmer Art Worldwide Photo Collection by Andy Brouwer
Khmer Art Worldwide The Strange "Exchange" of Khmer Art Between EFEO and Japan, 1941 by Andy Brouwer Entry #4, Khmer Art Worldwide Photo Collection
Khmer Art Worldwide The Giant Garuda of Koh Ker by Andy Brouwer Entry #1, Khmer Art Worldwide Photo Collection by Andy Brouwer
Publications The (Murky) Origin of the Tokyo National Museum Collection of Khmer Art by Sadao Fujihara Ancient Khmer sculptures as "political gifting": the controversial case of cultural exchanges between Colonial France and Imperial Japan during World... In French & Japanese
Publications The Origins of the Sukhodaya (Sukhot'ai) Art by H.G. Quaritch Wales A well-balanced study on cultural and artistic exchanges around ancient Southeast Asia, summarizing the author's original view on the Indianization... In English
Links Asian Historical Architecture Photo depository on early Asian architecture nurtured by numerous contributors around the world
Books A New Voyage Round The World by William Dampier Adventurer and gifted explorer William Dampier's view on early Southeast Asia In English
Books Le Royaume de Champa | The Kingdom of Champa by Georges Maspero Mainly based on Chinese sources and local inscriptions, the formidable study on the Kingdom of Champa and what it tells... In French & Chinese
Books L'armement et l'organisation de l'armée khmere au XIIeme et XIIIeme siecles | Khmer Weaponry and Military Structure 12th-13th centuries by Michel Jacq-Hergoual'ch How the rulers of Angkor borrowed from foreign technology and from local traditions to develop an original military structure
Publications Angkor Thom, une utopie réalisée? | Angkor Thom, a Fulfilled Utopia? by Jacques Gaucher Space Organization and Indian urbanistic model in Ancient Cambodia. In French
Books L'Annam et le Cambodge, Voyages et récits historiques by C.-E. Bouillevaux With a map of "Indochina", an expanded version of Pere Bouillevaux's 1858 book. In French
Publications Organisation religieuse et profane du temple khmer du VIIeme au XIIIeme siècle | The Khmer Temple in the 7th-13th centuries, Religious and Secular Organization by Dominique Soutif The ceremonial and social role of the temple space in early Cambodia reconstructed through inscriptions In French
Publications カンボジア， アンコールトム城門の建造過程 | The Building Phases of Gates at Angkor Thom by Hiroki Hattori & Shin-ichi Nishimoto & Sokuntheary So & Takeshi Nakagawa The three stages of the building of Angkor Thom gates In Japanese
Publications Dix-huit mois de recherches archéologiques au Cambodge | Archaelogical Research, a 18-month campaign in Cambodia by Robert Dalet Far from Angkor, an archeological journey through Cambodia that led to many important discoveries in the 1930s In French
Publications 2017 Inventory of Khmer Inscriptions by Dominique Soutif & Julia Estève With 1,360 entries, this inventory of Khmer inscriptions will be soon updated, reaching 1,562 'K." numbers In French
Links CIK (Corpus des Inscriptions Khmeres) | Inventory of Khmer Inscriptions The ongoing revision and expansion of the Inventory of Khmer Inscriptions within the CIK-EFEO Project
Links DHARMA Project A transnational project on epigraphy and philology, including the corpus of Khmer inscriptions
Books Angkor Wat, Time Space and Kingship by Eleanor Mannikka An exploration of the spatial and numerological organization of Angkor Wat In English
Films ៨០០ឆ្នាំក្រោយមក អាជ្ញាធរអប្សរាជួសជុលកំពែងក្រុងអង្គរធំឡើងវិញ | Angkor and Beyond Series Thmey Thmey by Thmey Thmey 25 & Apsara Authority About the latest major works in the Angkor perimeter, including the renovation of Angkor Thom enclosure wall In Khmer
Books 柬埔寨通史 | The History of Cambodia by Lisheng Duan A reference essay on Cambodian history and culture by Chinese historian Duan Lisheng In Chinese
Books 柬埔寨通史 | The History of Cambodia | Paperback by Lisheng Duan A reference essay on Cambodian history and culture by Chinese historian Duan Lisheng In Chinese
Publications The Major Role of the Mons in Southeast Asia by Nai Pan Hla Mon and Mon-Khmer tribes came from the North, not from the South: new insights on an old controversy among linguists... In English
Films លោកហង់រីម៉ាហ្សាល់, ស្ទើរមួយជីវិតដើម្បីអភិរក្សជួសជុល និងស្រាវជ្រាវតំបន់អង្គរ, Henri Marchal A portrait of Henri Marchal, "the most Cambodian of all famous French archaelogists" In Khmer
Films តើមានមនុស្សប៉ុន្មាននាក់ដែលបានរស់នៅអង្គរ (How many people lived at Angkor ?) by Alison K. Carter A didactic presentation of the latest research on Angkor demographics. In Khmer
Publications Diachronic modeling of the population within the medieval Greater Angkor Region settlement complex by Sarah Klassen & Damian Evans & Roland Fletcher & Christophe Pottier & Miriam T. Stark & Alison K. Carter & Piphal Heng & Martin Polkinghorne The first systematic and multidisciplinary study on demographics in Angkor, concluding that population reached 700 to 900,000 inhabitants at its peak.
Publications Phum Lovea: A moated precursor to the pura of Cambodia? by Dougald W. O'Reilly & Louise Shewan Burial sites show early similarities between different cultures around Southeast Asia. In English
Publications Des mots khmers désignant les 'documents écrits' | Khmer Terminology for Written Documents by Saveros Pou From stone inscriptions to actual books on paper, the terminology of written words and their support In French
Publications Unearthing an Atlantean Myth in Angkor by Christophe Pottier & Dan Penny & Mitch Hendrickson Unearthing an Atlantean myth in Angkor: geoarchaeological investigation of the ‘underwater road’ crossing the Tonle Sap Lake In English
Publications Designs of Kings and Farmers: Landscape Systems of the Greater Angkor Urban Complex by Scott Geoffrey Hawken Centralized and decentralized land management in Ancient Angkor In English
Publications Laos Jars Are Slowly Revealing Their Secrets by Louise Shewan & Dougald W. O'Reilly & Thonglith Luangkhoth The mystery of the Plain of Jars, in modern Laos, and what it teaches us about ancient burial rites in... In English
Books ПУТЕШЕСТВІЕ ГОСУДАРЯ ИМПЕРАТОРА НИКОЛАЯ II НА ВОСТОКЪ (ВЪ 1890—1891) | Travel of Emperor Nikolai II to the East by E. E. Ukhtomsky Siam, Annam, and (indirectly) Cambodia in this recollection of Tsarevich Nikolai II's travel to Asia. In Russian
Publications Power and Pragmatism in the Political Economy of Angkor by Eileen Lustig A broad study of politics, economics and the specificity of the Angkorean State. In English
Links Corpus of Khmer Inscriptions Online /SEAlang More than half of the some 1,200 Khmer inscriptions retrieved and deciphered are searchable online and indexed by location, date, idiom.
Books Recherches sur les Cambodgiens by George Groslier George Groslier's encyclopaedia-like sum on the Ancient Khmer civilization, "d'après les textes et les monuments depuis les premiers siècles de... In French
Publications Inland Angkor, Coastal Kedah: Landscapes, Subsistence Systems and State Development in Early SEA by Jane Allen Unconventional approach of two 'success stories' in the process of state formation across Southeast Asia, inland Angkor and coastal Kedah... In English
Publications Early Mainland Southeast Asian Landscapes in the First Millennium A.D. by Miriam T. Stark A useful synthesis of what we know about Mainland Southeast Asia before the development of larger polities, cities-states and empires In English
Publications A Historiography of Angkor’s River Network by Veronica Walker Vadillo How road transportation took precedence over fluvial and lake navigation in the development of 13th-century Angkor. In English & Khmer
Publications Arteries of Empire by Mitch Hendrickson An operational study of transport and communication in Angkorian Southeast Asia (9th to 15th centuries CE) In English
Publications New findings on 11th-Century Buriram Iron Furnaces The group of Khmer sanctuaries in the Buriram Province of Thailand has been shortlisted to the UNESCO World Heritage List. In Thai
Films Les archives de la Conservation d'Angkor, Dans les pas des archéologues (Angkor Conservation Archives) by École Française d´Extrême-Orient (EFEO) Archaeologist Christophe Pottier and Archivist MEY Sovannara present the Conservation d'Angkor archives, a real historic treasure. In French
Links Angkor Conservation, Digitized Collections EFEO is developing the digitization of the Conservation d'Angkor Archives, from 1908 to 1992.
Publications Solstice Alignments at Angkor Wat and Nearby Temples: Connecting to the Cycles of Time by William F. Romain Comparative solstice alignement of seven major Angkorean monuments in relation to Phnom Kulen and Kbal Spean In English
Publications Les curieuses inscriptions du Cambodge (Curious Cambodian Inscriptions) by Éric Bourdonneau What make the ancient inscriptions of Cambodia so particular. In French
Films West Mebon, Temple and Lake by École Française d´Extrême-Orient (EFEO) True to the spirit of late archaeologist Pascal Royère, the documentary shows the intricate and huge teamwork behind a fascinating... In English, French & Khmer
Publications Top-down and bottom-up water management: A diachronic model of changing water management strategies at Angkor by Sarah Klassen & Damian Evans How the study of water management through times inform us about population density and social organization in early and medieval... In English
Photography Visions of Angkor by...Carl Werntz by Carl Newland Werntz Photographic essays or paintings by famous or budding artists. A forum for creators, a compilation of reference visual arts renditions...
Publications The Western Top Temple’s Stone Blocks by Sok Keo Sovannara Preliminary introduction to the Inscriptions, Graffiti, Marks and Sketched Designs in Prasat Top Lech, previously known as Monument 486. In English
Photography Visions of Angkor by...Lois Conner by Lois Conner Photographic essays by famous or budding photographers. A forum for young and confirmed talents, a compilation of reference visual arts...
Films The Oldest Verse Inscription in Khmer by Trent Walker The Oldest Verse Inscription in Khmer សិលាចារឹកភាសាខ្មែរចាស់ជាងគេដែលសរេសរជាពាក្យកាព្យ In Khmer
Publications A Visit to the Ruined Cities and Buildings of Cambodia by Adolf P. W. Bastian An early exploration of Angkor and surrounding temples by German anthropologist Adolf Bastian. In English
Publications In Search of Tambralinga's Heartland by Wannasarn Noonsuk New findings on regional kingdoms with links to Funan, Angkor and the development and collapse of the Khmer Empire. In English & Thai
Publications Temple Occupation and The Tempo of Collapse at Angkor Wat by Miriam T. Stark & Piphal Heng & Alison K. Carter Ground occupation and industrial activity as indicators for the timing of the decline and fall of Angkor as a regional... In English
Books Henri Marchal, un architecte à Angkor by École Française d´Extrême-Orient (EFEO) & Henri Marchal How a young architect became one of the greatest archaeologists and conservators at Angkor. In French
Publications Histoire architecturale du Baphuon / The Baphuon, Architectural History & Chronology by Pascal Royère How the particular spatial organization of this version of the 'temple-mountain' prefigured Angkor Wat. In French
Books Le site de Koh Ker et le regne de Jayavarman IV/ Koh Ker and Jayavarman IV by Chanratana Chen Probably the most complete study on Koh Ker and the reign of Jayavarman IV. In French
Publications De l’ancienneté de Hariharālaya / A Bakong Inscription and the Datation of Hariharalaya City by Christophe Pottier & Dominique Soutif An epigraphic study on one of the major urban centers preceding Angkor, Hariharalaya. In French
Publications Inscriptions du Phnom Kulen: Corpus existant et inscriptions inédites, une mise en contexte / Phnom Kulen Inscriptions by Jean-Baptiste "JB" Chevance 20 inscriptions in the Phnom Kulen area tell us about the persistence of religious traditions associated to the 'temple-mountain' from... In French
Publications Quelques précisions sur la fin du Fou-Nan / A Few Clarifications on Funan Collapse by George Coedès The end years of Funan revisited by eminent Sanskritist George Coedes. In French
Publications The Musée Indo-Chinois in Paris: A Transcultural Perspective on Architectural Museums by Michael S. Falser A study in museology, art and architectural history, and colonial mindset related to Angkor. In English
