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Champa and the Archaeology of My So'n (Vietnam)
Andrew Hardy
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Description for Champa and the Archaeology of My So'n (Vietnam)
Paperback. The kings of ancient Champa, a civilisation located in the central region of today's Vietnam, started building sacred temples in a circular valley more than 1500 years ago. An Italian team has worked at the site, doing archaeological research and restoration work in cooperation with Vietnamese specialists. This book is based on their efforts. Editor(s): Hardy, Andrew; Cucarzi, Mauro; Zolese, Patrizia. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
The kings of ancient Champa, a civilisation located in the central region of today's Vietnam, started building sacred temples in a circular valley more than 1500 years ago. The monuments, now known by their Vietnamese name My Son, were discovered by nineteenth-century colonial soldiers and first studied by the French architect Henri Parmentier. Bombed during the Vietnam War, the ruins of the brick towers decorated with exquisite carvings and sculptures were designated as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in 1999. An Italian team has worked at the site for the last ten years, doing archaeological research and restoration work ... Read more
The kings of ancient Champa, a civilisation located in the central region of today's Vietnam, started building sacred temples in a circular valley more than 1500 years ago. The monuments, now known by their Vietnamese name My Son, were discovered by nineteenth-century colonial soldiers and first studied by the French architect Henri Parmentier. Bombed during the Vietnam War, the ruins of the brick towers decorated with exquisite carvings and sculptures were designated as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in 1999. An Italian team has worked at the site for the last ten years, doing archaeological research and restoration work ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971694517
SKU
V9789971694517
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Andrew Hardy
Andrew HARDY is a Historian of Vietnam and has worked at the Hanoi centre of the Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient since 2002. Mauro CUCARZI is Director of the Lerici Foundation (Rome), a Specialist in non-invasive investigation of archaeological sites, and has worked in Asia for thirty years. Patrizia ZOLESE is Chief Archaeologist at the Lerici Foundation (Rome) and has conducted archaeological ... Read more
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