Researchers confirmed the statues were found buried near the north gate of Angkor Thom, the 11th-century capital of the Khmer Empire. Since then, the relics have been identified as "door guardians." ...

and photos of gigantic towers with carved faces at the central Bayon temple at the Angkor Thom ruins of the royal capital. The box was inscribed with Japanese characters that roughly translate as ...

Archaeologists conducting safeguarding work on the royal palace at Angkor Thom, a Khmer temple complex in Cambodia, have uncovered 12 sandstone guardian statues. The discovery came during a ...

The statues — depicting "door guardians" — were discovered last week near the north gate leading to the 11th-century Royal Palace at Angkor Thom, the last capital of the Khmer Empire ...

One of the sandstone statues recently discovered at Angkor Thom's Royal Palace Phouk Chea, Yi Sotha and the excavation team During a recent excavation, a team of archaeologists searching the ...

First glimpsesIn one of the first images taken of the Cambodian site, a Buddhist monk was photographed in 1866 beneath one of the faces that adorn the Bayon temple at Angkor Thom.

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA—The Associated Press reports that sandstone sculptures depicting door guardians have been unearthed near the north gate of the Royal Palace at Angkor Thom, the last capital ...

The accident occurred late Tuesday afternoon at the southern gate to Angkor Thom, which is near the more ... oversees the archaeological park, posted photos late Tuesday on its official Facebook ...