For nearly a century, the head of a Buddha statue has been kept in the collections of the National Museum of Cambodia. Its body, however, was missing. But last month, archaeologists at Cambodia’s ...

Archaeologists working at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex have unearthed the torso of a statue of Buddha that is believed to be connected to a head that was found onsite nearly a century ago.

A Roman Statue’s Severed Head Rejoins Its Body As fascinating as the find would have been on its own, it stands a head taller thanks to the reunification possibilities with the 1927 discovery.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a head ...

The body of the statue is missing its head, feet and right hand. APSARA National Authority For nearly a century, the head of a Buddha statue has been kept in the collections of the National ...

(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 ...

Her team will ask the Minister of Culture and Fine Art for approval to reattach the head and body of the sculpture to make it whole for public display. The Angkor site sprawls across some 400 ...