SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog

This news is going to raise some eyebrows. Roxanna Brown, the director of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum in Thailand and a noted authority on Southeast Asian ceramics has been indicted in the recent case of looted artefacts from Southeast Asia.

Director of Thailand museum indicted in US probe into smuggled antiquities
The Star, 13 May 2008

Asian antiquities expert arrested
OC Register, 12 May 2008
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The foreign ministries of Thailand and Cambodia make a joint statement on the status of the border Preah Vihear temple and the application for UNESCO world heritage.

Temple Harmony
Bangkok Post, 06 May 2008
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We visit Indonesia and Thailand in this week’s edition of rojak, for more hobbits, temples and museums.

photo credit: jameswebbe
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From Reyum, the Institute of Arts and Culture in Cambodia, a public lecture will be given on Friday on the drainage system in ancient temples. The talk will be in Khmer.

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A selection of archaeology-related books, new to the catalogue of Select Books, a specialised publisher and retailer of books pertaining to Southeast Asia. For ordering info, please visit the Select Books website.

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Early Southeast Asia: Selected Essays. Wolters, O. W.; Craig J. Reynolds (ed.). Us. 2008. 236pp. pb. $65.00 (This collection of previously published essays on early Southeast Asia is introduced by an overview of Oliver Wolters’ (1915-2000) life and career. From 1938-1957 he was in the (colonial) Malayan Civil Service and from 1958 in academia in London and at Cornell where his ground-breaking research and teaching on early Southast Asia became legendary. The eleven essays are grouped as: Southeast Asia as a Region; the Long Durée of Malay history; Mainland Mandalas; and Vietnamese Historiography and Literature.)
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