Banteay Srei
967
Medieval
temple
Banteay Srei is the small red-sandstone Shaivite temple group founded in 967 in the court milieu of Rajendravarman II, set about twenty kilometers northeast of the main Angkor cluster. The temple is famous for its scale: the central…
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- 1914
French colonial archaeology brought the temple back into scholarly attention and made it a key monument for the study of Khmer sculpture.
- 1930-1939
Anastylosis methods were used in early restoration work, making the temple important in the conservation history of Angkor.
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