An exhibition featuring more than 1,000 ancient artefacts of Oc Eo culture will be displayed in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang from September 29-October 30.

The objects include pottery, tools, jewelry, casts for making jewelry, coins, and religious statues.

A number of musuems of 17 cities and provinces in the South will join the exhibition.

Oc Eo archeological site is located in Thoai Son district, 40km from Long Xuyen city, in An Giang Province. 

Excavation at Oc Eo began in 1944 by French archaeologist Louis Malleret. 

The relic is believed to be a busy commercial port of the once-powerful Funan kingdom 2,000 years ago.

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