Smithsonian Magazine on MSN11d
Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Head
For nearly a century, the head of a Buddha statue has been kept in the collections of the National Museum of Cambodia. Its ...
China Daily5d
Buddha's gaze into eternity
The Buddhist deities depicted here have round faces, thick lips, deep-set eyes and high-bridged noses. Their physiques are ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN16d
Missing torso of Buddha’s head discovered, solves century-old puzzle
Archaeologists discovered a torso that unexpectedly matched an iconic Buddha head that had been unearthed more than a century ago. Spanning 402 acres, Angkor is recognized as one of the most ...
Hindustan Times15d
India’s largest Buddha statue is drawing global tourists. Here’s what makes it special
Arya Pal Bhikshu, Founder Secretary of the Buddha International Welfare Mission, said, "India is the birthplace of Lord Buddha. It was here in Bihar, in Bodh Gaya, that he meditated under the ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN13d
The Art Institute of Chicago Is Returning a 12th-Century Buddha Sculpture to Nepal
The Art Institute of Chicago is returning a 12th-century sculpture to Nepal after learning that it had been stolen. Officials ...
TheTravel on MSN19d
Archaeologists Celebrate Discovery of Missing 12th-Century Buddha Torso in Cambodia’s Ancient Angkor Temple
Hailed as a ‘significant find,’ the missing and long-searched-for Buddha torso has been dated between the 12th and 13th centuries ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat20d
The torso of a Buddha statue has been found at Cambodia's Angkor temple complex
the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a head found nearly a century ago at the same site. The torso, believed to be from the 12th or 13th century, was discovered during a dig by a team of ...