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Angkor Wat stone storage:

The ad hoc group of experts recommends that the APSARA National Authority:

1. Collect up, level by level, these remains in certain courtyard corners and inventory them at the same time;
2. Separate visitor flows with appropriate barriers bearing signs showing that access is prohibited;
3. Leave in place, in the areas accessible to visitors, stones without any molding or carving that could therefore be used without risk as seating by tired visitors. Such a solution appears preferable to putting in modern-style benches that would never be esthetically compatible with the quality of the location.