October, 2024 - Cornelia Bagg Srey has been awarded a research grant from the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Karun Thakar fund. Part of her project will be research on the origins of the patterns in the queens' clothing. Phnom Penh Post - March 28, 2024 “Cornelia Bagg Srey is recognized for her extensive work in preserving Cambodian cultural heritage, particularly through her writing and research... As an author her notable contributions include A Pocket Guide to Cambodian Silk and Through the Eyes of a Queen – the Women of the Royal Court at Angkor ...” She is one of the last scholars to use Sanskrit in her research methodology, and the first to use linguistic analysis. She brings the queens to life with a lively, readable history. Over 200 color photographs take you back to 9th- to 13th-century Angkor. Scholars have written only about the men; this is the first book about the women. It has been written for a vast audience – professional scholars, travelers bound for Angkor Wat, textile enthusiasts and armchair adventurers. The author has used ten sources to open a window onto the world of the queens: inscriptions, Coedès’ Genealogy of the Kings of Cambodia , rituals still performed today and royal paraphernalia still in use, surviving stone structures, sculpture, archeological findings and airborne laser scanning, Sanskrit loan words, the account of a Chinese emissary to Angkor, and royal textiles still made today. Author's notes: This book is not available in Cambodia . If you're planning a trip to Angkor Wat, buy your book before you leave. If you plan to buy silk, or just look at it in a museum, take A Pocket Guide to Cambodian Silk with you, too. My website is www.SinghaBooks.com. I made a correction to this book on March 7, 2025. On the walls of temples constructed after Suryavarman II's reign, we do not see devata. It is the yakshi who survived; we see them on the walls of Jayavarman VII's temples.