Archaeologists plan to restore ancient pond at Angkor's Bayon Temple park


Apsara National Authority officials restoring the ponds of the Bayon temple. - ANA

PHNOM PENH: Archaeologists from the Apsara National Authority (ANA) have planned to restore an ancient pond at the centuries-old Bayon Temple in northwest Cambodia's famed Angkor Archaeological Park, said an ANA's news release on Tuesday (Jan 23).

The experts are currently conducting an excavation in the southeastern part of the Bayon Temple, formerly believed to be the structure of an ancient pond, to study the sediments and size of the pond in order to restore this reservoir, the news release said.

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