Angkor Borei and Phnom Da - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Angkor Borei and Phnom Da - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The ancient Funan sites of Angkor Borei () and Phnom Da () are located in the Angkor Borei District, Takéo Province, of southern Cambodia.Site d'Angkor Borei et Phnom Da - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Retrieved on 2009-03-27. They are both in the southern part of Cambodia, about from the western split of Mekong river delta, from the seacoast, near the Vietnam border and the Óc Eo site.Richard M. Cooler (1978), Sculpture, Kingship, and the Triad of Phnom Da, Artibus Asiae, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 29-40, The Angkor Borei site was likely an early capital and a region where southeast Asian culture and arts fused in the ancient times. Archaeological excavations have yielded items that are carbon dated to roughly 1523 BC and thereafter, many related to early Buddhism and Hinduism, confirming a continuous human settlement at least for some 500 years. They contain the earliest known dated Khmer inscriptions as well as what may be the earliest tradition of Khmer sculpture. Read more on Wikipedia
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