Bronzes royaux d'Angkor. Un art divin. Afrique du Nord " Michel Zink

" Michel Zink

Pierre Chuvin's work is a treatise on Greek mythology

from the Middle Ages to the 1930s

259 Eating Unsacrificed Meat

Bronzes royaux d'Angkor. Un art divin. Afrique du Nord " Michel ZinkAngkor, the capital of the Khmer Empire, has preserved monumental remains of incomparable beauty from its past glory. But who remembers that these sanctuaries once housed an entire population of deities and cult objects cast in precious metals? A subtle alloy, bronze gave birth in Cambodia to statuary masterpieces testifying to the loyalty of Khmer sovereigns to both Hinduism and Buddhism. The prerogative of the king, metallurgy was a sacred