Archaeology and Ruins of the Angkor in Cambodia
The traveling exhibit of some fifty photographs began in 2010 at the Musée Cernuschi in Paris, then went on to Siem Reap the following year and is at National Palace Museum in Taipei (http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/visiting/exhibit/exhibit_02.htm?docno=866) until October 14, 2012. It is organized around seven main themes and presents the archaeological research carried out by the EFEO in Cambodia, as well as the various periods in the history of the Khmer Empire (802-1431) through its monuments.

The goal of the exhibit is not to recount the history of Angkor, but to evoke it through the photographs that bear witness to the impressive archaeological excavations and restorations undertaken on the remains of the sites of Banteay Srei, Baphuon, Neak Pean. These documents are worth seeing for their aesthetic value alone, but also enable us today to restore the archaeological sites and the works of art that were photographed with such care in the past. They are a marvelous illustration of the conservation works achieved by the École française d’Extrême-Orient in Cambodia.
 

 

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