June 4, 2014

Finding the lost art of Angkor Wat


Enhanced image of two elephants, from the walls of Angkor Wat.

Long-lost paintings have been discovered on the walls of Cambodia’s ancient Angkor Wat temple, thanks to the keen observations of an ANU researcher.

The ancient paintings date back almost 500 years and depict deities, animals, boats and the temple itself, giving historians a new understanding of life in a relatively unknown period of Cambodia’s history.