Cambodia celebrates return of 'priceless' stolen artifacts | Ap | record-eagle.com
by Traverse City Record-Eagle
Traverse City Record-Eagle— Centuries-old cultural artifacts that had been illegally smuggled from Cambodia are being welcomed home. The celebration Friday was led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who offered thanks for their return
ABC News—Cambodia celebrates return of 'priceless' stolen artifacts. Centuries-old cultural artifacts that had been illegally smuggled from Cambodia are being welcomed home.
The Washington Times—Cambodia celebrates return of ‘priceless’ stolen artifacts. Centuries-old cultural artifacts that had been illegally smuggled out from Cambodia were welcomed home Friday at a celebration led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who offered thanks for their return and appealed for further efforts to retrieve such stolen treasures.
Raw Story—Cambodia celebrates return of 'priceless' stolen Angkor jewelry. Cambodian leader Hun Sen unveiled a collection of stolen Angkor crown jewelry on Friday which was recently returned to the kingdom after decades in Britain, pleading for other long-lost treasures to be handed back.Gold crowns, necklaces and amulets were among the trove of treasures from the Angkor period, which ran from the ninth to 14th centuries AD when the Khmer empire dominated vast parts of Southeast Asia.The Cambodian culture ministry characterized the items -- expected to go on display at...