via Phnom Penh Post, 24 June 2023: Professors and students from local and international universities collaborate for an archaeological excavation at Wat Chet Dei, Siem Reap to study the post-Angkorian period.
The ANA said the professors and students from the US’ University of Hawaii — along with those from Cambodia’s Royal University of Fine Arts and their counterparts from Thailand, the Philippines and Taiwan — participated in the excavation, at Wat Chet Dei pagoda in Sangkat Sambour of Siem Reap town.
Im Sokrithy, archaeologist and director of the ANA’s Department of Research, Training and Communication, welcomed the lecturers and students who joined the research excavation.
“This is an excellent opportunity to showcase the international relations of science, education and training of human resources in the field of archaeology. The ANA has partnered with the University of Hawaii as part of a research project on post-Angkorian Khmer history,” he explained.
Source: Local, foreign academics join Angkor excavation | Phnom Penh Post
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