Saturday, December 16, 2006

Sihamoni in Germany for the opening of the exhibition 'Angkor - Divine heir of Cambodia'

German President Horst Koehler (R) exchanges a handshake with Cambodia's King Norodom Silhamoni in his residence Villa Hammerschmidt in the former German capital of Bonn December 14, 2006. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Cambodia's King Norodom Silhamoni (L) is welcomed by his subjects before opening the exhibition 'Angkor - Divine heir of Cambodia' at the German federal exhibition hall Bundeskunsthalle in the former German capital of Bonn December 14, 2006. The exhibition - open to the public until April 9, 2007 - shows 136 artefacts of the Angkor period from the Khmer Kingdom that date back from the 9th to the 13th century. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Cambodia's King Norodom Silhamoni and German President Horst Koehler (R) stand in front of a sleeping bronze Visnu sculpture from the 11th century - found 1936 near the Mebon temple in the western Cambodian artificial water reservoir of Baray - during an opening tour for the exhibition 'Angkor - Divine Heir of Cambodia' at the German federal exhibition hall Bundeskunsthalle in the former German capital of Bonn December 14, 2006. The exhibition - open to the public until April 9, 2007 - shows 136 artefacts of the Angkor period from the Khmer Kingdom that date back from the 9th to the 13th century. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

i just wonder, if the king died prematurely , who would succeed the throne , considering he has no wife and of course no heir...

Anonymous said...

hmmm...interesting...no hair?