Pictured is the head of a Bayon-era statue that was found in Siem Reap’s Kokchak commune by a farmer earlier this week while he was working in a field. APSARA AUTHORITY

Statues found in Siem Reap

Fri, 3 July 2015

Sen David

The Apsara Authority yesterday received two 800-year-old statue fragments uncovered by a ploughing farmer in Siem Reap town’s Kokchak commune, near Angkor Wat.

According to an announcement from Apsara, heritage police and expert officials from the authority examined the statue, concluding that two pieces likely dated from the end of the Bayon era – around the end of 13th century.

One statue, a sitting figure, is about 20 centimetres tall by about 17 centimetres wide, and nine centimetres thick.

source: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/statues-found-siem-reap

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Minister on artefacts mission

Fri, 3 July 2015

Vong Sokheng

Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong will embark on an official visit to Thailand this month to attend a ceremony at which Thai officials will return 16 ancient Cambodian artefacts recovered from smugglers.

In a statement released yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that Namhong will be joined by the senior minister in charge of border affairs at the Council of Ministers, Var Kimhong, and Minister of Culture and Fine Arts Phoeung Sakona for the trip, which begins on July 12.

“While in Thailand, Hor Namhong will also attend the handover ceremony of 16 Cambodian artefacts to Cambodia by Thailand,” the statement reads.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-artefacts-mission

Very pretty pieces of human history.