Oc Eo relic site

icon-locationTT. Ocs Eo, Thoại Sơn, An Giang Province, Vietnam
The Oc Eo relic site has a surface area of 4,500 hectares and is considered "Oc Eo city", which not only attracts the attention of many researchers and archaeologists but also attracts many domestic and foreign tourists. visit, learn about a period of great development of An Giang in particular and of the Mekong Delta in general.

Located in Oc Eo town, Thoai Son district, An Giang province, Oc Eo relic site has been recognized as a unique national relic when this vast land contains a series of historical - cultural relics. valuable from two thousand years old.

About 70 years ago, archaeologists found traces of a civilization, along with the Dong Son Culture, when people dug the ground to build the Ba The canal. In the past, it was the capital of the prosperous Funan Kingdom in Southeast Asia. After many excavations, the Oc Eo relic site officially became authentic evidence of an ancient culture that once existed in the South. Oc Eo culture is an old culture that was formed and developed around the first ten years AD in the South. In fact, this land is a place to store a lot of objects such as items, offerings, or even burial items in some tombs.

Coming to Oc Eo Relic Area, visitors can not only immerse themselves in the poetic landscape, majestic mountains but also discover the remaining vestiges of the Oc Eo culture. Arriving at cultural galleries, visitors can admire an impressive exhibition of hundreds of typical artifacts of Oc Eo Culture. Artifacts come in many different materials and shapes such as ceramics, glass, lead, gold, vases, jars, reliefs, sculptures, tiles, etc. They are items of daily living or offerings. in religious ceremonies.

This huge relic site, an ancient cultural center of the Mekong Delta, has become a treasure of great value that plays an important role in the study of historical and cultural issues of the Mekong Delta. country in particular and Southeast Asia in general.