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Forwarded from Dr. Charnvit Kasetsiri.
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justin


Sambor Prei Kuk to be listed as world heritage site by Reinhard Hohler, Chiang Mai (17.03.2009)
 
According to Khmer media sources, Cambodia will ask UN to list the Sambor Prei Kuk temple site, which was built from 615 A.D. to 650 A.D. and located in Kampong Thom Province, as a world heritage site, Khmer-language daily newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea reported on Monday.

"We are preparing the proposal for UN to register the temple site, which was built during the rule of Khmer King Isanavarman I, with the Committee of World Heritage," the newspaper quoted Som Sokhun, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, as saying.

The government has to organize a master plan for development and conservation of the temple site, he said. 

Sambor Prei Kuk was even older than the world-renowned Angkor Wat in Siem Reap Province, which has been the hottest sightseeing spot of the kingdom, he said.

It was built with bricks, but not with sandstone, with which Angkor Wat was constructed, he said.

The Sambor Prei Kuk temple site is expected to become a place for people to study and research Khmer culture, construction, arts and history, he added.

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) already listed Angkor Wat in Siem Reap Province and the Preah Vihear Temple in Preah Vihear Province as World Heritage Sites.


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Dr. Justin McDaniel
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University of California, Riverside
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