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From stone to silk: Siem Reap exhibition recreates Khmer royal dress across five eras

By Raksmey Hong

Royal garments worn by Cambodia’s kings and queens centuries ago — long known largely through temple carvings, statues and other historical representations — are brought in a new Siem Reap exhibition that traces Khmer royal dress across five major periods of the Kingdom’s history. The MGC Asian Traditional Textiles Museum has reconstructed costumes representing rulers [...]