[Free Book] Pteah Project Comic Book

A new Khmer language comic book, “The Ancient People of Our Village: Archaeology at Prasat Baset,” is now available for free. Created by artist Y Lida with contributions from archaeologists Alison Carter, Miriam Stark, Muong Chanraksmey, and So Malay, the comic aims to educate readers about archaeological research and findings at Prasat Baset.

We are pleased to share free PDF copies of our Khmer language comic book មនុស្សដើមនៅភូមិយើង​ បុរាណវិទ្យានៅប្រាសាទបាសែត (The Ancient People of Our Village: Archaeology at Prasat Baset).

This comic was produced by artist Mr. Y Lida, who also illustrated the comic book, Wrath of the Phantom Army, for Heritage Watch International. The story was written by Y Lida, with contributions from Alison Carter, Miriam Stark, Muong Chanraksmey, and So Malay.

This comic book is part of the outreach activities for our project. We wanted to create a comic that explained more about how archaeological research is done as well as sharing some results from our archaeological research at Baset.

We were able to give out copies of this comic at our “Dissemination of Archaeological Research Results” event in July 2024, which was attended by His Excellency Prak Sonnara from the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts.

We hope that this comic will be read and enjoyed by the people of Baset Village and beyond. We are also grateful for the support and collaboration of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts and Department of Culture and Fine Arts Battambang for this project.

Source: Pteah Cambodia – Pteah Project Comic Book