Here, I show the Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Bayon, Ta Prohm, and the Angkor National Museum I went on January 18 (Sat). These Angkor archaeological sites are explained on the following websites.
Guide of Angkor Wat Sites (URL: written in Japanese)
Angkor (UNESCO)
Angkor Wat
The Angkor Wat is one of archaeological sites where I wanted to went since I was a child. Now I fulfilled a childhood dream.
This site is a very large temple site, and the corridors contain many relieves showing the scenes of battles. Also some Buddhist monuments are housed here.
Angkor Thom
There are many sites here, and the following photos show tetrahedral towers carving Kanzeon Bosatsu.
Bayon
My companion Dr. Nobuhiko Kamijo (Hirosaki University) told corridors of the Bayon contain relieves about local people lives, and so we searched whether there is a relief about processing materials by stone querns into these relieves or not. Indeed, we couldn't find this kind of relief, but I was very interested in the following relieves.
Ta Prohm
Elephant Terrace
Angkor National Museum
This museum opened in 2007, and history of Angkor sites and artefacts from the sites are exhibited now. We saw this museum after going to the Angkor sites, but if we visited here first and went to see the sites, we might expand our time-space understandings and knowledges. Audio guides and exhibition materials were very rich teaching materials.
That's about my reports of IPPA 2014. Many attendees and colleagues will come to join in the 8th World Archaeological Congress in Kyoto, 2016. I'm not sure which kind of sessions will be organised in Japan, but I hope this will become a new international conference that "everyone can enjoy without any language problems".
Guide of Angkor Wat Sites (URL: written in Japanese)
Angkor (UNESCO)
Angkor Wat
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| Entrance |
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| Near the bridge |
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| Wall of the corridor |
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| Wall relief showing battles |
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| Climbing the tower |
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| View from the top of the tower |
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| The tower was so huge. |
The Angkor Wat is one of archaeological sites where I wanted to went since I was a child. Now I fulfilled a childhood dream.
This site is a very large temple site, and the corridors contain many relieves showing the scenes of battles. Also some Buddhist monuments are housed here.
Angkor Thom
There are many sites here, and the following photos show tetrahedral towers carving Kanzeon Bosatsu.
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| Met a group of elephants |
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| Huge faces of monuments |
Bayon
My companion Dr. Nobuhiko Kamijo (Hirosaki University) told corridors of the Bayon contain relieves about local people lives, and so we searched whether there is a relief about processing materials by stone querns into these relieves or not. Indeed, we couldn't find this kind of relief, but I was very interested in the following relieves.
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| Cooking |
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| Cutting stone material |
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| Cooking an animal |
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| Barbecue |
Ta Prohm
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| Entrance |
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| Building near the centre |
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| Tree root eating a building |
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| Reconstructing |
Elephant Terrace
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| Very huge terrace |
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| Many elephant carvings |
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| Relief of monkeys |
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| Lunch at a booth near this terrace |
Angkor National Museum
This museum opened in 2007, and history of Angkor sites and artefacts from the sites are exhibited now. We saw this museum after going to the Angkor sites, but if we visited here first and went to see the sites, we might expand our time-space understandings and knowledges. Audio guides and exhibition materials were very rich teaching materials.
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| Museum shop |
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| Museum |
That's about my reports of IPPA 2014. Many attendees and colleagues will come to join in the 8th World Archaeological Congress in Kyoto, 2016. I'm not sure which kind of sessions will be organised in Japan, but I hope this will become a new international conference that "everyone can enjoy without any language problems".
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