Experts unearth Champa artifacts
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Numerous rare Champa artifacts have been found at the excavation site of Champa tower relics in the Rung Cam forest of this central province.
Dinh Ba Hoa, director of the Binh Dinh Museum, said the excavation work had unearthed about 600 artifacts including a broken Kala (time god) statue, Shiva god's hand, Champa reliefs and ancient terracotta artifacts.
Hoa revealed that the terracotta items showed signs of Vietnamese, Cham and Chinese origins. The items also included bronze artifacts that had never before been seen among Champa tower relics, he added. The excavation of the artifacts, dating from the 12th to the 13th centuries, was carried out at the province's Binh Nghi Commune from August till early this month.
In 1989, local residents’ illegal excavations uncovered two complete artifacts of the Mahishasura Mardini goddess relief and a stone altar foundation. The two, now preserved at Binh Dinh Museum, are said to be of high artistic and sculptural value.
