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Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
The two pieces of the 800-year-old sculpture were discovered roughly 160 feet away from each other at the Ta Prohm Temple in ...
After 98 Years, Archaeologists Found the Missing Torso of an Ancient Buddha Statue
While excavating the Ta Prohm temple in Angkor in 1927, a team of archaeologists discovered the head (and only the head) of a ...
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Buddha Statue Reunited with Head Found in 1927
Torso of Buddha statue unearthed at Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia. TA PROHM, CAMBODIA—Archaeologists discovered the torso of a ...
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Missing torso of Buddha’s head discovered, solves century-old puzzle
A long-lost Buddha statue is being reassembled at Angkor after a recent torso discovery in an archaeological breakthrough.
GLOBALink | 1,700-year-old Buddha statue in China receives 1st restoration since 1445
A 22.29-meter-tall cliffside Buddha statue in Hebi City has started a three-year restoration. Dating back over 1,700 years, it's China's earliest and ...
Workers save Buddha as South Korea's wildfires raze ancient temple
At least 18 people have been killed in one of South Korea's worst wildfire outbreaks, with multiple blazes burning and ...
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After 98 Years, Archaeologists Found the Missing Torso of an Ancient Buddha Statue
An archaeological excavation team was shocked to find a fully intact Buddha torso statue from the 12 th or 13 th century measuring 3.75 feet tall. The torso find at a Cambodian temple matches a ...
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Workers save Buddha as S. Korea's wildfires raze ancient temple
At South Korea's thousand-year-old Gounsa Temple, workers delicately swaddled a giant gilded Buddha statue with a fire-retardant blanket. Hours later much of the temple burned down in one of the ...