Angkor Wat causeway restoration 90 per cent complete

via Phnom Penh Post, 28 October 2022: The restoration of the northern part of the Angkor Wat causeway is expected to be finished next month.

The Apsara National Authority (ANA) will complete the restoration of a 20-metre-long embankment at the north of Angkor Wat’s causeway in November, with two large lion statues to be returned to the causeway, 25 years after they were removed.

In an October 28 press release, the ANA quoted a restoration team from the Department of Conservation of Monuments and Preventive Archaeology, who claimed the restoration project should be completed ahead of schedule due to their fast work preparing the new laterite. The original ancient sandstone staircases would soon be restored to the original location, as only a few blocks of the upper stairs remain to be replaced.

Nong Boravy, an archaeologist from the preventive archaeology department, expected the work to be completed by the end of November.

Source: Angkor Wat causeway restoration 90 per cent complete | Phnom Penh Post