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31 May 2006 (Antara News) - UNESCO offers help on quake-hit heritage sites UNESCO, the UN’s culture and science organisation, offered Tuesday to help assess and repair damage caused to World Heritage Sites in Indonesia by an earthquake that left nearly 6,000 dead. The island of Java is home to three of the seven UNSECO [...] Caves of Malaysia is run by Liz Price, a speleologist and is a great resource to the caves in Malaysia, not just for archaeology but for geological, floral and faunal value too. [...] I must say it is to Malaysia’s credit that they are planning to set up a heritage register for their country. Oh why are the other countries so slow! [...] 28 May 2006 (Jakarta Post) - Quake takes toll on historical sites Archaeologists surveying the Prambanan Temple complex in Yogyakarta hours after Saturday’s devastating earthquake found extensive damage to the ancient site. Stone blocks and statues lay scattered about the ground; decades of patient restoration work undone in less than a minute. “Our initial survey [...] 27 May 2006 (The Star) - Prehistoric drawings risk being lost Prehistoric drawings and inscriptions in more than 15 caves might be defaced due to lack of efforts to protect them, said National Museum archaeologist Sanim Ahmad. He said the prehistoric drawings found on the walls of the Tambun Cave near Ipoh were so badly-damaged [...] The citadel was uncovered in 2003 but some work has already advanced in setting concrete in the area. [...] 26 May 2006 (Jakarta Post) - Sultanate bids to help research The Cirebon Kasepuhan sultanate has urged the central government to allow scientists to study various treasures and historical artifacts, including those found on a 10th century wooden vessel that sunk in the waters off Cirebon. 22 May 2006 (The Telegraph) - Police seize long lost Islamic treasures of the Java Sea Unique historical treasures worth tens of millions of pounds were yesterday gathering dust in store rooms in Jakarta after being impounded by police. The 250,000 pieces of Chinese ceramics and Arabic and Persian glassware were recovered from a 1,000-year-old [...] Vietnamese archaeologists find more evidence of a pre-Dong Son culture. [...] A study tracing the origins of Asian wild rice and rice cultivation has determined that rice was likely to be domesticated in East India-Myanmar-Thailand (Orzya sativa indica) and Southeren China (Orzya sativa japonica). [...] |
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