PHNOM PENH, May 6 (Xinhua) -- The National Museum here on Wednesday opened an exhibition to demonstrate some archeological findings prior to the Angkor Era (802-1432), which was the most glorious period in the history of Cambodia.
The "Angkor Ancestors" show mainly features a recreation of an excavation site at the Angkor Wat area in Siem Reap province, complete with pottery shards and a 3,000-year-old skeleton.
Organized by a French research institution and the museum itself, the exhibition is the first ever held in the kingdom on the pre-Angkor period, said museum director Hab Touch.
"This is an opportunity for scholars as well as the public to understand prehistory. We know so little about it," he said.
The artifacts on display were found at two sites within the Angkor Wat area, a 2,000-year-old village location and a 3,000-year-old burial place.
Currently, the Angkor Wat is the most welcomed tourist destination in Cambodia.
Before the Angkor Dynasty, there were two dynasties governing Cambodia, respectively called Funan and Chenla.
The "Angkor Ancestors" show mainly features a recreation of an excavation site at the Angkor Wat area in Siem Reap province, complete with pottery shards and a 3,000-year-old skeleton.
Organized by a French research institution and the museum itself, the exhibition is the first ever held in the kingdom on the pre-Angkor period, said museum director Hab Touch.
"This is an opportunity for scholars as well as the public to understand prehistory. We know so little about it," he said.
The artifacts on display were found at two sites within the Angkor Wat area, a 2,000-year-old village location and a 3,000-year-old burial place.
Currently, the Angkor Wat is the most welcomed tourist destination in Cambodia.
Before the Angkor Dynasty, there were two dynasties governing Cambodia, respectively called Funan and Chenla.
4 comments:
We have had our Khmer civilasation and Khmer culture more than 3000 years long before some of you. We all are very happy and proud to be Khmer.
To all Foreigners of course the Caucasians, please call us "Khmer" and not Cambodian.
The 2 older Khmer empires were Funan (Nokor Phnom mispronounced by Chinese histotians) locateed on the upper Mekhong river near Laos, and Chenla bielived to be (Nokor Chamlong or Kampong Chamlong also mispronounced by the Chinese as chenla). The capital city of Chenla OR of Kampong Chamlong is O-KEO in South VietNam (French mis- pronouncrd this again as OK-EO).
3:07pM WOW! YOU KNOW TOO MUCH! They found some thing biger in Takeo than Okeo!
You need to go to teach chinese on their accent!!!!!!!
Do you need PHD?
i think it is good to foster khmer people to understand and like learning about our past, etc... of course, we all can adopt good concept from the west as well. yes, do learn from everybody in the world, i mean everybody, friends, foes, family, strangers, school, wise people, enemies, people you hate, people you like, etc... yes, learn from them all, good or bad, keep learning. be inquisitive. god bless cambodia.
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