Three beheaded Buddha statues at Wat Phra Si Sanphet temple in Ayutthaya. The former capital of Siam was conquered by a Birmese army in 1767 and afterwards ransacked and partly destroyed. There still is a sense of the former splendour of the great temple.

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scan from 35mm slide-film

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Size: 5357px × 3437px
Location: Ayutthaya, Thailand
Photo credit: © Achim Zeilmann / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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