French School of Asian Studies donates artefacts to APSARA National Authority

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The French School of Asian Studies or The École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO), in partnership with the APSARA National Authority for conservation and research work at the Angkor site, on July 20, handed over 31 boxes of artefact fragments including one Buddha statue, and one Bai Sema to the APSARA National Authority for preservation, research, and inventory.

 

Tin Tina, Deputy Director of the Department of Research, Training, and Communication, said that all the artefacts donated by the EFEO to the APSARA National Authority were found by excavation at some research sites in Angkor, such as Kouk Ta Siem, Boeung Don Pa, Ung Mong, Baphuon and Prey Moni.

 

He added that these items include, firstly, 27 boxes of ceramics from the Baphuon temple, including hard pottery, fragile pottery belonging to Khmer as well as Chinese, Siamese, and Vietnamese ceramics. Second, two boxes of sandstone pieces from Kok Ta Siam. Third, there are two boxes of sandstone pieces from Boeung Don Pa, Kork Ta Siam, and the Ung Mong temple.

 

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