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Archaeological dig finds another age-old stone lintel

A lintel, estimated to be about 1,000 years old, has been discovered at the Khmer-period Prasat Ban Bu Yai ruins, which are undergoing restoration in Sung Noen district of Nakhon Ratchasima. (Photo: Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Administrative Organisation)

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A fourth decorative lintel, dating back about 1,000 years, has been unearthed at an archaeological site in Sung Noen district.

Rakchart Kiriwattanasak, president of Nakhon Ratchasima’s Provincial Administrative Organisation Council, revealed that a fourth stone lintel and a stone gate had been found at Prasat Ban Bu Yai, which is undergoing restoration in tambon Sung Noen.

The stone lintel has a carved pattern depicting the Indian god Indra riding on the…

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