Angkor Database

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Preservation

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Les habitants d'Angkor, Une lecture dans l’espace et dans le temps des inscriptions sociales de populations villageoises installées dans un territoire ancien [Inhabiting Angkor Area]

by Fabienne Luco

The complex and inspiring story of communities dwelling near the Angkor temples.

In French

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Khmer Art Worldwide

The Bogus "Radcliffe Collection" and its Magnificent Pieces

by Andy Brouwer

Elucidating the mystery of a bogus collection by the late master trafficker Douglas Latchford. Some of the pieces are now back to Cambodia.

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Angkor Wat & Cultural Ties With India-PRINT

by K.M. Srivastava

Considerations on Angkor and architectural preservation by a leading Indian archeologist.

In English

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Angkor Wat & Cultural Ties With India-DIG

by K.M. Srivastava

Considerations on Angkor Wat and architectural preservation by a leading Indian archeologist.

In English

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Endangered Cham Manuscripts of Vietnam

977 manuscripts in Chamic language, vinculated to the Cham communities in modern Vietnam.

In English & Chamic languages

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វចនានុក្រមរុក្ខជាតិប្រើប្រាស់ក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា |Plantes utilisées au Cambodge | Plants Used in Cambodia

by Pauline Dy Phon

The monumental opus by Cambodian botanist Pauline Dy Phon, with cross-referenced indexes, trilingual descriptions, Khmer original and romanized names.

In English, French & Khmer

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Jean Despujols Collection at The Meadows Museum of Art

Indochina from the 1930s in a Louisiana museum of art.

In English

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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

Dictionary Pauline Dyphon

វចនានុក្រមរុក្ខជាតិប្រើប្រាស់ក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា |Plantes utilisées au Cambodge | Plants Used in Cambodia

by Pauline Dy Phon

The essential reference book on Cambodian flora, published in 2000.

In English, French & Khmer

Women archaeologists

Cambodian Women Architects and the restoration at Angkor Thom

by Thmey Thmey 25

Young women architects lead the renovation of the severely damaged Angkor Thom West Gate and of the Bayon platforms.

In English & Khmer

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Le Roi du Mal (King of Evil)

by Jules Lermina

The sequel of a popular French mystery novel reflecting a remarkable knowledge of Angkor only a few years after Henri Mouhot's 'rediscovery'.

In French

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Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsletter

SEAArch: keep being posted about latest archaelogy findings and cultural events across Southeast Asia.

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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

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Matching Statues and Pedestals

by Anthony Kuhn

Truncated feet, arms and heads -- the sad pattern of looted artefacts worldwide. A study in sculptuarry art restoration challenges.

In English

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Voyage au Cambodge, l'architecture khmer

by Louis Delaporte

Major essay on Khmer architecture, past and pre-modern.

In French

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Sangitaratnakara of S'arngadeva सङ्गीतरत्नाकर ('Ocean of Music and Dance')

by P.S. Subrahmanya Sastri

One of the oldest and longest Indian (Carnatic and Hindustani) treatise on music and dance, in Sanskrit, with two commentaries.

In Sanskrit

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Summary Biography of HM Preah Bat Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk

ព្រះរាជជីវប្រវត្តិសង្ខេប.ព្រះករុណ ព្រះបាទសម្ដេច ព្រះ នរោត្តម សីហនុ ព្រះបរមរតនកោដ្ឋ

In English & Khmer

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中台禪寺 | The Chung Tai Chan Monastery

A major collection of Buddhist art and writing set in Taiwan

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The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum

Private collection of Southeasr Asian art in Budapest, Hungary, including several Cambodian pidan and ikat silkworks

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Angkor National Museum Bulletin ព្រឹត្តិប័ត្រសារមន្ទីរជាតិអង្គរ

A useful online resource for researchers and Angkor lovers.