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STOLEN TREASURES OF CAMBODIA
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  • Length

    26:00 mins

  • Education Subject Areas

    Journalism

    Social Studies

    World Cultures

  • Year Produced

    1998

  • Reference Number

    22596

  • Title

    STOLEN TREASURES OF CAMBODIA

STOLEN TREASURES OF CAMBODIA

In the heart of Cambodia lies the ancient city of Angkor with its magnificent complex of spiritual monuments. But Angkor is in a state of emergency. Thieves use saws and chisels to hack the heads off 1,000-year-old statues of Hindu gods and Buddhas, cannibalizing Cambodia's ancient culture. John Sanday of the World Monuments Fund is struggling to reclaim one of Angkor's major temples from the encroaching jungle and the ravages of time. With Sanday as a guide, National Geographic Explorer investigates the trail of smuggled Cambodian antiquities.

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