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Read the ancient book

The old man is reading an ancient book of the Cham people, the Cham are a people who once had an independent Champa country in history, had a developed culture, and were descendants of the Sa Huynh culture in the Iron Age. The old man is more than 90 years old, but very lucid, he is the few people who can read and write Cham ancient words

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Vietnam
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Copyright: © Tuan Nguyen Tan