The statue’s torso was crafted with a robe and sash, carved jewelry, and a left hand crossing the chest—“an uncommon representation in Khmer (Cambodian) art.” A Roman Statue’s Severed ...

An archaeological excavation team was shocked to find a fully intact Buddha torso statue from the 12 th or 13 th century measuring 3.75 feet tall. The torso find at a Cambodian temple matches a ...

But last month, archaeologists at Cambodia’s sprawling Angkor temple complex unearthed a well-preserved torso section of a statue just 160 feet from where the head was found in 1927.

The torso, believed to be from the 12th or 13th century, was discovered during a dig by a team of Cambodian and Indian experts last month at Angkor’s Ta Prohm temple.

An archaeological excavation team was shocked to find a fully intact Buddha torso statue from the 12 th or 13 th century measuring 3.75 feet tall. The torso find at a Cambodian temple matches a ...

(Apsara National Authority via AP) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue ...