Cambodian art and architecture
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Cambodian art and architecture see Angkor and Khmer Empire .
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The Art and Architecture of Thailand: From Prehistoric Times through the Thirteenth Century.(Book review)
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Lecture series explores Asian art and architecture
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A Cambodian masterpiece restored: recent study and conservation of the Kimbell's 7th-century Cambodian stone sculpture of the Hindu deity Harihara has renewed appreciation of its spectacular quality, and ended some doubts about its authenticity.
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Priceless Cambodian sculpture stolen years ago turns up in New York museum.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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View from Phnom Penh: the formerly elegant Cambodian capital was one of the many victims of the country's civil wars. It is now at peace, and attention can finally turn to restoring its rich architectural heritage.
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Cambodian Classic; Life Goes On in Phnom Penh & Beyond
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ETC: Lecture on re-opened Cambodian temples, NATION
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Tracking down the raiders of the lost art
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Curator realizes her dream: Fascination with Angkor began in '60s.(Arts)
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