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The National Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is housed in an impressive red sandstone building with a beautiful courtyard. It was built around 1920 by the French ethnologist George Groslier and houses over 5000 objects: Sculptures, relics and art objects, some from prehistoric times and many exhibits from the Angkor period.

Among the most important exhibits are a sculpture of Yama (Hindu god of death), who originally adorned the terrace of the Leper King in Angkor Thom, and a very large reclining Vishnu from the Western Mebon Temple in Angkor (fourth picture).

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More pictures of the exhibits

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