Pilgrimage to Angkor, A Burma anthropology

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Excavations at the Ban Wang Hai archaeological site at Muang district

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A smile may be a sign of kindness

Pilgrimage to Angkor, A Burma anthropologyTranslated by W. P. Baines & Michael Smithies The French travel writer and exotic novelist, Pierre Loti (18501923), in his day the youngest member elected to the Academie Francaise, had dreamt of visiting the ruins of Angkor when, as a child, he came across illustrations of them among some papers belonging to his elder brother, who had served in Indochina in the navy. Loti, whose real name was Julien Viaud, was a full time professional naval officer