A relief that was supposedly part of Borobudur was returned to the temple custodians by a local villager.
photo credit: micahcraig
Temple’s Relief Stone Studied
Tempo Interaktif, 26 January 2012
Continue reading Part of Borobudur relief found
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The state government of Perak in Malaysia expressed confidence that the Lenggong Valley, home to a number of prehistoric sites, will be listed as a World Heritage site.  Lenggong Archaeological Museum Perak Confident Lenggong Valley Will Be Listed As World Heritage Site An interesting story on how the development of Siem Reap for tourists is also having a secondary effect in fuelling a desire by local Cambodians for higher education. For many, better education and qualifications means access to better-paying jobs, although the quality of such education is a concern. Near Cambodia’s Temple Ruins, a Devotion to Learning I briefly mentioned this at my last post about the Belitung Shipwreck – The Tang Treasures are now on display at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore until July.  Asian Civilisations Museum, cc image ACM showcases Tang Dynasty artefacts from 8th century shipwreck The Singapore part of the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Field School opened today at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.  Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Field School 2012 The opening ceremony this morning saw an opening address by the director of ISEAS, Ambassador K. Kesavapany, the guest-of-honour Prof. Prasenjit Duara of the Asia Research Institute and a lecture on the archaeology of Singapore by Porf. John Miksic. The participants are a varied bunch, representing the a spectrum from the East Asia Summit countries. Over the next two weeks, they will be attending lectures on various topics, getting some lab experience with handling ceramics and embarking on some field trips. I’ll be tagging along on some of these field trips to some of the museums – especially the ones I haven’t had a chance to visit yet. Stay tuned! Over the weekend newspapers from Malaysia and the Philippines featured travel stories on Angkor. Kingdom of the Khmers The light of Angkor Wat As far as I know, the two newspapers aren’t related! Archaeologists working at the Ho Citadel in Thanh Hoa Province have discovered a stone path underneath the current road surface.  Ho Citadel, Tuoi Tre News 20120121 Ho Dynasty Citadel excavations reveal old path The Portuguese were one of the first European powers to enter Southeast Asia. In conjunction with a conference on Siamese relations with the west held in Ayutthaya this week, this story showcases the influence of the Portuguese in Southeast Asia.  Replica of Flor de la Mar in Malacca Ships from the West Last week, Apple announced a revamped iBooks and iTunes U service aimed at bringing textbooks and course materials to the iPad. There’s a fair buzz in the education circles, but how much content is there relating to the archaeology of Southeast Asia?
Besides the “startling” news about the origins of the human race, another stir over the history of Malaysia was raised last week when eminent Malaysian historian Professor Khoo Kay Khim declared that some of the characters and stories in Malaysia’s national historical narrative were probably mythical or did not actually exist. Among those figures was the warrior Hang Tuah and the Chinese princess Hang Li Po.  Sculpture of Hang Tuah at the Malaysian National History Museum, wikicommons image Continue reading Untangling myth and reality from Malaysia’s history |
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