Gold crowns, necklaces and amulets were among the trove of treasures from the Angkor period, which ran from the ninth to 14th centuries AD when the Khmer empire dominated vast parts of Southeast Asia. The Cambodian culture ministry characterized the items -- expected to go on display at the national museum -- as "priceless cultural heritage". "I appeal to museums, institutions and Khmer artifact collectors to continue to return those items voluntarily to Cambodia," Hun Sen told the ceremony. "Heritage items should be returned to their country of origin." The culture ministry last month discreetly received 77 pieces from the family of the late, disgraced British art dealer Douglas Latchford. Two 10th-century sculptures recently returned by the United States were also displayed on Friday. Dominic Williams, the British ambassador to Cambodia, tweeted that it was an "extraordinary privilege to see these previously stolen artifacts displayed in their ancestral home." When he … [Read more...] about Cambodia celebrates return of ‘priceless’ stolen Angkor jewelry