Japanese archaeologists announce the discovery of six 13th century Buddha statues at Banteay Kdei.
Archaeologists discover ancient Buddha statues in Cambodia
IBN News, 25 August 2010
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13th century Buddhas found in Angkor
September 3rd, 2010 noelbynature Posted in Angkor, Cambodia No Comments »
Running facial recognition scans on the apsaras of Angkor Wat
August 27th, 2010 noelbynature Posted in Angkor, Cambodia 1 Comment »
Last year, independent researcher Kent Davis made the news with his theory that Angkor temples were a monument to women and to this end was hoping to analyse and quantify the traits of every apsara/devata image (over 1,700 in all). The Phnom Penh Post recently carried an update on Davis and his work and features, quite prominently, the discussion that on this website about Davis’ work (which you can read here).
What didn’t really come through in the PPP article was the paper on the facial pattern recognition study presented at the International Conference on Pattern Recognition in Istanbul, Turkey (it was buried somewhere in the middle of the article). The Cambodian Daily has a better-written paper on the article which you can read on Davis’ site, along with a download link to the facial recognition paper. The work is still very much in a preliminary stage, but quite promising and may potentially find correlations between types of faces with ethnicities or locations within the temple complex. It will be interesting to see what kinds of patterns emerge from a deeper analysis of the quantified attributes of the apsara/devata carvings emerge.
Sleuth researches enigmatic Angkor girls
Phnom Penh Post, 20 August 2010
The many faces of Angkor Wat
The Cambodian Daily, via www.devata.org, August 2010
Buses banned into Angkor Thom, then unbanned
August 2nd, 2010 noelbynature Posted in Angkor, Cambodia No Comments »
A decision to ban buses from entering Angkor Thom starting from August 1 was abruptly reversed last month. The decision would affect buses carrying more than 12 passengers into the Angkor Thom complex and authorities say that the ban will be postponed after it has concluded talks with the tourism bodies. Having seen the weekend crowds at Angkor, a bus ban might be a good idea!
Bus ban in Angkor Thom
Phnom Penh Post, 22 July 2010
Angkor Thom bus ban delayed
Phnom Penh Post, 29 July 2010
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At the Bakong, conservators work to restore recent Buddhist paintings
July 30th, 2010 noelbynature Posted in Angkor No Comments »
The Phnom Penh Post features an unusual form of conservation going on at the Bakong in Angkor – that of 19th and 20th century Buddhhist paintings on the walls of working monasteries.
Restoring history through art
Phnom Penh, 16 July 2010
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Three new links
May 25th, 2010 noelbynature Posted in Angkor, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Websites 2 Comments »
Been updating the weblinks over the weekend, here are some new websites you might be interested that can be found in the resources page:
South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index (ABIA) – The ABIA Project is a global network of scholars co-operating on an annotated bibliographic database for publishers covering South and Southeast Asian art and archaeology.
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Angkor Museum in a sorry state
May 20th, 2010 noelbynature Posted in Angkor, Cambodia, Museums No Comments »
Opened in 2007 to house sculpture from Angkor, the Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum does not seem to be attracting enough visitors.
Museum fails to attract the temple tourists
Phnom Penh Post, 14 May 2010
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North Korea proposes e-museum for Angkor
April 29th, 2010 noelbynature Posted in Angkor, Cambodia, Museums No Comments »
A North Korean company is proposing to build an e-museum near Angkor, featuring computer simulations of the famed temples.
‘e-museum’ of Angkor temples
The Straits Times, 26 April 2010
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