Kulen dig leaves archaeologists more convinced site was once palace of Angkor Empire's first ruler

Breaking News April 09, 2018 10:32 By Phak Seangly and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
Phnom Penh Post
Asia News Network
Phnom Penh

An archaeological dig drawing to a close this week at Siem Reap's Phnom Kulen has lent greater credence to the theory that it was the site of the royal palace of the Angkor Empire's first ruler, Jayavarman II.

The five-week excavation within the Phnom Kulen National Park focused on a specific building within a 400-metre-by-600-metre site believed to be the palace compound of Jayavarman II. It was first identified in 2009, said Jean-Baptiste Chevance, the program director of the NGO Archaeology and Development Foundation, which works closely with the Apsara Authority and trains student archaeologists.

"The first investigation was precisely on that building in 2009 and the second was the Lidar survey in 2012, which confirmed that the site in itself was [likely] the royal palace," he said, referring to a remote sensing method that can reveal ground features otherwise hidden by vegetation. "We are interested in the way it was constructed and the way it was used."

To answer those questions they returned this year, with a team of 60 local and international archaeologists and workers and the support of the Environment Ministry and the Apsara Authority.

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