Saturday, November 03, 2007

Museum opens near Angkor Wat

Saturday, November 3, 2007
Japan Today

PHNOM PENH — A museum adjacent to Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple complex in the northern province of Siem Reap was inaugurated Friday.

The Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum, built at a cost of more than $1 million, houses and exhibits 274 Buddhist statues excavated at the Banteay Kdei Temple in 2001 by the Sophia University Angkor International Mission.

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