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Bagan: beautified or sacrificed?

The restoration of Bagan using modern tools and materials risk turning it into another “Disneyland”. [...]

A new podcast page

I’ve just finished the second SEAArch podcast, but it won’t be uploaded for another day or two. After trying out several alternatives to host my media – as much as I want to, I don’t have a budget to pay for bandwidth and/or a dedicated server – so I’ve decided to create a site just [...]

Is it the footprint of Bigfoot or jumbo?

I’m not even sure why I’m posting this, since this post has nothing to do with Southeast Asian Archaeology anymore. But since we’ve followed this story from a time when such a theory might have been plausible, we’ll just follow it out of morbid curiousity. My take? My money’s on a two-legged elephant… [...]

Teeth re-structuring of the early Bisayans

Henry F. Funtecha writes about dental decoration practices of the pre-hispanic Bisayans in the Philippines. [...]

Thai antiquities unveiled to show true face of Buddhist culture

From the storeroom of the National Museum of Vietnamese History, an exhibition of Buddhist antiquities from Thailand. [...]

New discoveries at Duong Long towers

Bas-reliefs are uncovered at the base of the Duong Long towers, along with other finds including pottery. [...]

Largest Ngoc Lu style bronze drum cast

Craftsmen have cast a replica of the Ngoc Lu bronze drum. Not exactly archaeological news, but bears some potential for future experimental archaeology. [...]

Vietnam discovers 2,700-year-old antiques

Report of an archaeological haul of pre-Dong Son artifacts in the Thanh Hoa District. [...]

Bones tell story of Thai origin

DNA evidence for Thai migration to the region from China pushes timeline back another 700 years. [...]

Unearthed relics provide unique glimpse of the past

A short post on Dong Son finds in Thanh Hoa province. [...]