FRANKFURT, March 19 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich keeper Jonas Urbig and teenager Lennart Karl earned their first Germany call-ups on Thursday for friendlies against Switzerland and Ghana with coach Julian Nagelsmann's 26-man squad expected to form the basis of his World Cup selection.
Cambodia out to prove it's not making up the numbers as coach Gyotoku eyes semis at the 2026 Asean Hyundai Cup Cambodia n experts in cooperation with the French School of the Far East spent five years restoring the Dancing Shiva , unveiled on March 18.
- Photo: ROYAL EMBASSY OF CAMBODIA TO THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA/FACEBOOK PHNOM PENH: A massive, 1,000-year-old “Dancing Shiva” statue, which was broken into more than 10,000 fragments decades ago, has been successfully restored in Cambodia, the culture ministry said on Thursday . The 5m and seven-tonne sandstone sculpture – with 10 arms and five faces – dates back to the 10th century from the site of an ancient capital of the Khmer empire, Koh Ker. The temple ruins of Koh Ker in northern Cambodia were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023. The Dancing Shiva, which was “reborn after its complete restoration”, was unveiled on March 18 at the Angkor Conservation Centre in Siem Reap city, home of the renowned Angkor Wat heritage site, the ministry said. Cambodian experts in cooperation with the French School of the Far East spent five years restoring the immense artwork, it added. The statue “was toppled in the 14th century and shattered into more than 10,000 fragments by looters” during the country’s years of civil war, according to a statement from the culture ministry, EFEO and others involved in its reconstruction. “This restoration stands as a powerful testament to the efforts undertaken to ensure that looters do not have the final say,” they said. During the process, restorers recorded 2,750 fragments with sculpted surfaces and identified more than 700 joins, the statement said. Officials hope to return the sculpture to Koh Ker in an effort to attract more tourists to the site, the ministry said. Cambodia welcomed home 74 cultural artefacts in February, returned to the country after being plundered by notorious British antiques smuggler Douglas Latchford.Experts say the trade thrived from the mid-1960s to the 1990s – a period of civil war and instability that saw the anti-intellectual Khmer Rouge regime rise to power and left precious heritage unprotected. - AFPFuel crunch in Thailand hits emergency medical vehicles in 39 provinces
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