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 ...
Stone head of Buddha statue found in Cambodia in 1927. Now, rest of body discovered
The pieces of a disarticulated statue of Buddha have been reunited nearly a century after the first piece was found at the Ta ...
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Art Institute of Chicago returns ancient Nepali sculpture after researchers learned it had been stolen
the serpent king Muchalinda rose to form a protective cave around the Buddha, permitting him to remain in deep mediation,” according to the Art Institute. In recent decades, intense new pressure ...
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Art Institute of Chicago to return 12th-century Buddha sculpture to Nepal
On 3 March, the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) announced the initiation of a voluntary repatriation to Nepal. The 12th-century artefact in question, a “significant sculpture” dubbed Buddha ...
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Art Institute of Chicago returns ancient sculpture after learning it was stolen
the serpent king Muchalinda rose to form a protective cave around the Buddha, permitting him to remain in deep mediation,” according to the Art Institute. In recent decades, intense new pressure ...
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Bangkok Art Biennale 2024: where ancient temples meet modern art
When it comes to Wat Pho, the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, the namesake giant statue ... The work is part of the 2024 Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB), which opened on October 24 and runs until ...