Two remarkable discoveries in two days.
This serene bayon-period Naga Buddha Statue in Siem Reap province on the 4th:
https://goo.gl/dqrqHi
Discovered by a villager who was digging the ground with a hoe looking for root vegetables. She has handed it over to the Apsara authorities and it is being kept in a Siem Reap museum. Apsara gave her 2 million riel as a token of appreciation.
And yesterday (the 5th) in Kampong Chhnang:
https://goo.gl/oTteYo
A Pre-Angkorian, 11th century, sandstone deity. The article says that artifacts from this period are considered as supreme national treasures.
Discovered by a 14 year old girl in a rice field. It was exposed from the earth on its side near to a mound of earth.
It was taken to the village wat where locals came to pray to it. The authorities have asked that it is moved to the national museum,however villagers want to keep it in the local area. The police have been told to guard it whilst a compromise is met.
Two Beautiful Statues Stumbled Upon
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The second one looks sketchy. I've never seen such an ugly-looking statue here.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Looks fairly armless.Lucky Lucan wrote:The second one looks sketchy. I've never seen such an ugly-looking statue here.
The chances of finding two, almost intact, 1000 year old treasures within a 14 day period of each other, in a close region, has about the same odds as a male giving birth.
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That were just stumbled upon, one which was exposed in a rice field?DF wrote:The chances of finding two, almost intact, 1000 year old treasures within a 14 day period of each other, in a close region, has about the same odds as a male giving birth.
"Male pregnancy' figures reveal how 54 MEN gave birth in Australia in the past 12 months "DF wrote:The chances of finding two, almost intact, 1000 year old treasures within a 14 day period of each other, in a close region, has about the same odds as a male giving birth.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... onths.html
Wow. 54 in one country!
The chances of that are similar to finding two Ankgorian...,
pew, pew, pew, pew!
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