During work to locate loose stones at the royal palace of Angkor Thom, archaeologists found 12 sandstone guardian statues.
Archaeologists working near a 900-year-old palace in Cambodia set out to search for rocks. But their project quickly took a more historic turn when they unearthed statue after statue after statue. The ...
Chinese sea goddess Mazu went ... to protect fishermen and sailors. Thean Hou Temple The other two statues are Qianliyan and Shunfeng'er, heavenly guardians of the goddess. Qianliyan is known ...
The pagoda at Cishou Temple at Balizhuang (Eight Li Village ... flying apsarases, vajra guardians, archways, lotus petals and the Eight Treasures. The most impressive ornamental sculptures ...
The lower part of the pagoda is a brick Sumeru pedestal with two rows of fine carvings of musicians, celestial guardians ... The Bailin Temple Pagoda is noted for its prominent brackets ...