Prehistoric treasures found at Oddar Meanchey pagoda

via Phnom Penh Post, 02 March 2022: An assessment of artefacts housed in a temple collection suggest that a number of them are prehistoric.

Officials from the Oddar Meanchey provincial Department of Culture and Fine Arts joined forces with the heritage protection police force to inspect 68 ancient artifacts that were being kept at Chey Udom Chongkal Pagoda in Chongkal district and commune.

The artifacts will be catalogued for preservation as part of the nation’s cultural wealth, an official who joined the inspection said.

Yean Ya, an official from the culture department, told The Post that most of the artefacts in the pagoda, located in the commune’s Kork Wat village, were ceramic fragments of ancient temple statues.

He said that based on scientific data, most of the pottery dated back to pre-historic times.

Source: Prehistoric treasures found at Oddar Meanchey pagoda | Phnom Penh Post