The Legendary “Tomb of The White Elephant” at Koh Ker
Prasat Thom pyramid standing 40 meters high without the ligham! At it’s peak would have been 50 meters high! Builder of Koh ker is King Jayavarman 6th! Here’s a portrait of the King on the last section showing the first three pictures! In the Northern Cambodian province of Preah Vihear, the eponymous temple acquired some […]
1200-year-old lost city of Mahendraparvata discovered in Cambodia
An ancient city, dated 350 years before the famed Angkor Wat, has been discovered by a group of archaeologist from University of Sydney led by a French-born archaeologist. All thanks to the airborne Lidar technology which use light detection and ranging data, 7 days of hard work result in a fashionable and extraordinary discovery. Damien […]
THE ORIGIN OF KHMER NEW YEAR
It’s APRIL.What, why? What’s special about April, you ask me.Of course, April is the month where new year starts.Wait, wait. Why April? Couldn’t it be logical for new year to fall on January which is the first month of the year? Yes, this is perfectly logical. However this is the Gregorian calendar we are using. […]