Korean cultural heritage investigation team discovers 317 relics in Laos Temple

via K-Odyssey, 30 June 2022: Discoveries by the Korean team restoring the Hong Nang Sida temple in Champasak, Laos.

A Korean cultural heritage investigation team discovered 237 gold relics and 317 relics, including crystals of various colors, at the Hong Nang Sida Temple in Laos.

It is evaluated as a meaningful archaeological achievement as it is rare for such a large number of gold relics to be found in the region of the Khmer Kingdom, which had been influential in Southeast Asia. Also, an unusually unearthed silver Buddhist statue from a Hindu temple is expected to draw attention from the academic world.

The Cultural Heritage Administration and the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation announced on June 30 that they recovered 317 artifacts during an investigation of the dismantling of the collapsed sanctuary “cellar,” which is a part of the “Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape.”

Hong Nang Sida Temple in southern Laos is a Khmer ruin that means “Princess Sida’s big building.” The Korean government has been promoting conservation and restoration projects of this place since 2013, and in 2019, the gilt-bronze statue of the female genitalia, “Yoni,” was discovered in Laos for the first time.

Source: Korean cultural heritage investigation team discovers 317 relics in Laos Temple

See also:

• Hundreds of Relics Found in Champasack Temple Ruins by Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation | Laotian Times, 30 June 2022