ANA, Canadian team excavating temple’s platform east of Bayon

via Phnom Penh Post, 11 February 2023: The Angkor Vihara Project is digging up an old temple in the Angkor Thom complex to find out about how Buddhism evolved in Angkor.

The Angkor Vihara Project of Canada’s University of Toronto is excavating an old temple in the Angkor Thom complex, some 200m east of the 12th-century Bayon, in collaboration with APSARA National Authority (ANA), according to the latter.

In a February 9 statement, ANA said the project is being carried out “to understand the role of structures and the role of the ancient platform of the terrace in the west next to the platform of the Buddhist temple”, determine their ages, and “find out about the evolution of Buddhism in the late Angkorian period”.

Citing Angkor Vihara Project director Andrew Harris, the statement noted that this is the third excavation project on the temple, and includes “a study on the role, function, and age of the other platform, which was separated from the ancient Buddhist temple construction, and in particular, to understand the use of the construction of the temple with the community.

Source: ANA, Canadian team excavating temple’s platform east of Bayon | Phnom Penh Post