After Paul Cravath’s research on the Royal Cambodian Ballet was cut short, following intensive bombing in Cambodia in 1975, his dissertation languished until completion in 1984. Royal Cambodian Dance Presentation by Chatfield Author Paul Cravath
As life after a fire is rebuilt, passion for Khmer culture is reborn. Davis’ first love affair with Southeast Asia and its culture began nearly two decades ago. A Love Affair With Cambodia for Angkor Wat Researcher Kent Davis
Author Helen Churchill Candee survived the infamous Titanic maritime disaster to write Angkor the Magnificent, history’s most captivating account of Southeast Asia’s mysterious Khmer Empire. Angkor history book by Titanic survivor Helen Candee on Kindle Reader
A visually stunning production that opens with the narrator in the root covered ruins of Ta Prohm, a Khmer temple that French archaeologists intentionally left in its unrestored state.
Graham Hancock is a proponent of unconventional theories about an ancient civilization that disseminated a sophisticated religion of ground-sky dualism and a “science” of immortality. Stones in the Sky Video by Graham Hancock
Carved bas-reflief representations of devata (demigoddesses) were a prominent component of Angkorian temple decoration throughout the Middle Ages. The walls of Angkor Wat, the greatest of the temples, are host to hundreds of such devata.
Michel Jacq-Hergoualc’h’s artistic and analytical milestone is a fascinating resource for Khmerophiles everywhere, as well as for readers interested in ancient warfare in general. The Armies of Angkor Military Structure and Weaponry of the Khmers Book Review
This book is essential reading if you’re heading to Cambodia as a tourist on your first visit…or if you’re a scholar immersed in Southeast Asian studies. Book Review of A Record of Cambodia by Zhou Daguan
Imagine… A wealthy Western nation decides to “protect” a poor Asian country whose capital is 10,000 kilometers away from its own. Book Review of Colonial Cambodia’s Bad Frenchmen by Gregor Muller
Holmes Beach resident Kent Davis could have been forgiven if he had given up his dreams of publishing books on Asian history, supporting a Cambodian school, and decoding the mystery of the 1,780 female statues at Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia. Island publisher renews quest to solve mystery of Angkor Wat women
