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Le rôle du Sanskrit dans le développement de la langue khmère [Sanskrit and The Development of Khmer Language]

by Kunthea Chhom

Une étude épigraphique du VI au XIV eme siecles | Epigraphic studies from the 6th to the 14th century.

In French

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Zhou Dagan's "Customs of Cambodia"

by Michael Smithies & Zhou Daguan

Another translation of the most ancient account of the life in Angkor by the Chinese merchant and traveler Zhou Daguan

In English

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Mahendraparvata: The City on The Hill

by Jean-Baptiste "JB" Chevance & Damian Evans & Nina Isabella Hofer & Sakada Sakhoeun

Probably the major archeological finding for the year 2019, result of a 20-year prospection on Phnom Kulen Plateau.

In English & French

Lunet inventaire naga de pont

Angkor: Society and State

The "communal-theocratric" society of Angkor described by a prominent Russian historian and sociologist.

In English

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Un voyage au Laos [A Journey into Laos]

by Magdeleine Murat

A short yet vivid description of Laos in the 1920s, with references to Angkor-related legends.

In French

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Les curieuses inscriptions du Cambodge (Curious Cambodian Inscriptions)

by Éric Bourdonneau

What make the ancient inscriptions of Cambodia so particular.

In French

DHARMA Project

A transnational project on epigraphy and philology, including the corpus of Khmer inscriptions

Persee befeo

The BEFEO on Persee

The Bulletin of Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient digitized since its foundation in 1901.

In English & French

Siamese Attacks

Siamese Attacks on Angkor before 1430

by Lawrence P. Briggs

A documented argument of the 'Fall of Angkor'.

In English

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Stories in Stone: The Sdok Kok Thom Inscription & the Enigma of Khmer History

by John Burgess

In English

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Khmer Ruins in Thailand

A useful online platform on Khmer archaeological sites in modern Thailand.

In English & Thai

K127

A Manual of pre-Angkorian Khmer with Grammatical Notes: The Dated Inscriptions, by Philip N. Jenner

A useful philologic and epigraphic study of the pre-Angkorian dated inscriptions.

In English & Old Khmer

Images

A History of Cambodia

by David P. Chandler

One of the major must-read studies on Cambodia history.

In English

Antiquities Thomson

The Antiquities of Cambodia

by John Thomson

Was he "the first" or "one of the first" to rediscover Angkor and to capture it on film? No matter what, John Thomson's testimony remains priceless.

In English

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'Coedès' Histories of Cambodia'

by Michael Vickery

The case against George Coedès, not as an epigraphist but as an 'historian with the wrong framework'.

In English

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"Romance, Crime and Political Awakening:" the Malraux Affair (1923) in the archives

by Lia Genovese

Skimming the archives in France and Cambodia to enhance our views on a murky affair: the André-Clara Malraux looting in Banteay Srei, December 1923.

In English

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Following the non-money trail

by Eileen Lustig & Terry Lustig

Why the vast, complex hirerarchic and social organization in Angkor never developed its own monetary system.

In English

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Visions of Cambodian Dance selected by...Raymond Cogniat

by Raymond Cogniat

Some wondrous black-and-white photographs of dancers in Cambodia, Laos, Annam and Tonkin (Vietnam), shot in the 1920s.

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Danses d'Indochine [Dances of Indochina]

by Raymond Cogniat

An enlightening reflexion on Southeast Asian dances, and in particular on Cambodian court dance.

In French

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Les loups de Paris | Le Club des Morts [Wolves of Paris - The Club of the Dead]

by Jules Lermina

A serialized novel set in a louche ring of adventurers searching for the "Treasure of the Khmers".

In French