Ancient Bayon Temple Undergoes Crucial Restoration

via Xinhua, 13 and 14 November: Restoration work is ongoing at the Bayon temple’s west door frame within Cambodia’s Angkor Archaeological Park. Chin Sok Meng, from the Apsara National Authority’s Department of Conservation, highlighted the damage caused by age, heat, humidity, and rain. This work prioritizes tourist safety, involving reassembling sandstone fragments and reinforcing the door frame’s foundation.

Restoration work has been underway at the west door frame of the Bayon temple in Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park, the Apsara National Authority (ANA) said in a news release on Monday.

Chin Sok Meng, a technical officer from the ANA’s Department of Conservation of Monuments and Preventive Archaeology, said the temple’s west door frame was damaged due to age, heat, humidity, and rain.

The restoration work was to ensure the safety of tourists, he said, adding that his team had collected and fixed sandstone fragments that had been damaged by rain and strengthened the door frame’s foundation to prevent sand from leaking out.

Source: Restoration work underway at Bayon temple in Cambodia’s famed Angkor park-Xinhua