Budapest, December 4 (MTI) - Hungarian archeologists will lead a team excavating Koh Ker, an ancient royal seat in north-east Cambodia, one of the participants told MTI on Thursday.
The Angkorian site of Koh Ker, located 100 km northeast of Angkor itself, occupies on an area of 81 sq km in dense rainforest. It was briefly the capital of the Khmer empire between 928 and 944 under King Jayavarman IV and his son Hasavarman II. Under Jayavarman's reign, about 30 temples and many tower sanctuaries were built in the area.
The 1 million US dollar project will be carried out under a Cambodian-Hungarian cultural heritage and tourism agreement. The related declaration of intent was signed in Budapest earlier this week, said Csilla Siklodi.
The Hungarian team will carry out excavations and devise plans for making the area suitable for tourism.
The project has three main pillars: protecting the built heritage, preserving the forest and involving the residents of the four nearby villages in the work, she said
The project is being financed by former Hungarian diplomat Jozsef Zelnik, head of the Hungarian-Indochinese Society.
The Angkorian site of Koh Ker, located 100 km northeast of Angkor itself, occupies on an area of 81 sq km in dense rainforest. It was briefly the capital of the Khmer empire between 928 and 944 under King Jayavarman IV and his son Hasavarman II. Under Jayavarman's reign, about 30 temples and many tower sanctuaries were built in the area.
The 1 million US dollar project will be carried out under a Cambodian-Hungarian cultural heritage and tourism agreement. The related declaration of intent was signed in Budapest earlier this week, said Csilla Siklodi.
The Hungarian team will carry out excavations and devise plans for making the area suitable for tourism.
The project has three main pillars: protecting the built heritage, preserving the forest and involving the residents of the four nearby villages in the work, she said
The project is being financed by former Hungarian diplomat Jozsef Zelnik, head of the Hungarian-Indochinese Society.
6 comments:
Thank you for raising it from the ground, go deep into Vietname. You will find more EVIDENCE of the land belong to KHMERs.
12:27 am,
You are definitely right.
Khmer USA
Good thinking brother 12:27am.There are a lot of Khmer ancient site in Kampuchea Krom even vietname try to destroy the Khmer heritages but Khmer people stand high to protect them.
TROPIC THUNDER THE MOVIE WAS SET IN VIETNAM. Ben Stiller was standing near a Bayon like faces, which was destroyed in the bank of the stream. Did anyone Khmers noticed that?
Lately, American films has been mentioning about Cambodia more and more. I don't know if it's good or bad!
It is good and this is the way to promote tourism.
That archeological site of Koh Ker
had been the place frequented by the Thai king daughter.
When she found and like any of the statue or the lintel bas-relief, two or three weeks later that bas-relief would be removed and vanished into Thailand museum.
The author of Norna Chea Kheatakors Reas Khmers ?
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