13th century Buddhas found in Angkor

Friday, September 3rd, 2010 Posted in Angkor, Cambodia | No Comments »

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 Read more..

North Korea proposes e-museum for Angkor

Thursday, April 29th, 2010 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. photo credit: Aglae0 'e-museum' of Angkor temples The Straits Times, 26 April 2010 Read more..

Roads to help with firefighting at Angkor

Thursday, March 25th, 2010 Posted in Angkor, Cambodia | No Comments »

New roads will be built through Angkor to provide ease traffic and provide better access to emergency crews at Angkor in the event of fire, especially during the dry season. ... Read more..

The largest 3D jigsaw puzzle in the world

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 Posted in Angkor, Cambodia | No Comments »

Have you seen those ultra-hard jigsaw puzzles? The one with no picture on the cover to refer to, and worse, with no edges to mark out the border? The Baphuon ... Read more..

Besides temples, they built really good bridges too

Friday, October 23rd, 2009 Posted in Angkor, Cambodia | No Comments »

Typhoon Ketsana may have reached Cambodia, but it looks like the ancient Angkoran bridges have withstood both tests of time and nature. Angkoran bridges withstood natural disasters Cambodian Express News, 13 ... Read more..

Wednesday Rojak #62 – The Digital Recreation edition

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Angkor, Archaeologists, Cambodia, Peripheral Southeast Asia, Singapore, Wednesday Rojak | 1 Comment »

In this edition of rojak, we feature not one, but two digital recreations of ancient sites in Cambodia, along with other interesting things picked up from the web on the ... Read more..

Tomb raider caught at Angkor park

Monday, July 13th, 2009 Posted in Angkor, Cambodia | No Comments »

... and no, he doesn't look like Angelina Jolie, either. But the Cambodian man was caught using an "electric-powered machine" gathering artefacts near the Takeo temple. photo credit: sebastian ceriani Angkor ... Read more..



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