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Cambodia hails return of 'priceless' Angkor jewellery

Gold crowns, necklaces and amulets were among the trove of treasures from the Angkor period that have been returned to Cambodia. (Photo: AFP)

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian leader Hun Sen on Friday unveiled a collection of stolen Angkor crown jewellery that was recently returned to the kingdom after decades in Britain, pleading for other long-lost treasures to be handed back.

Gold crowns, necklaces and amulets were among the trove of treasures from the Angkor period, which ran from the ninth to 14th centuries AD when the Khmer empire dominated vast parts of Southeast Asia.

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