The SEAArch Podcast talks to Dr Dougald O’Reilly, the director of Heritage Watch, an NGO in Cambodia that seeks to preserve the cultural heritage of Cambodia. Dr O’Reilly talks about the work of Heritage Watch, the extent of looting of artefacts in Cambodia, and how you can help. [...]
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22 December 2006 (The Age, Sydney Morning Herald) – It’s rare to hear about archaeological information from East Timor (Timor Leste). This one reports of the Jerimalai site, which was inhabited as far back as 42,000 years ago. Timor cave may reveal how humans reached Australia AN AUSTRALIAN archaeologist has discovered the oldest evidence [...] Underground structure found in Old Jakarta might be part of an old Dutch railway structure. [...] An amateur archaeologist goes in search of a pre-Chinese Vietnamese script. [...] 19 December 2006 (Nhan Dan) - Island excavations reveals thousands more of artifacts Thousands of relics of the Ha Long Culture dating back 4,000-7,000 years ago have been discovered at the Cai Beo archaeological site on Cat Ba island, northern Hai Phong port city. According to Director of the Hai Phong Museum Nguyen Phuc [...] 15 December 2006 (Bernama) – Just in case you’e not familiar with the geography, Terengganu is a state in (peninsular) Malaysia, and Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia. Terengganu Scripted Stone Exhibited In Jakarta The Terengganu Scripted Stone 1903, the artefact that shows the advent of Islam to the Peninsula, is one of the archeological [...] 15 December 2006 (Thanh Nien News) - Two 2,300-year-old graves unearthed in Vietnam Two ancient graves, including a burial urn, dating back 2,300 years to the era of the Hung Vuong kings (280-258BCE), were found recently in Phu Tho province. The urn is 40cm high and 55cm across, and contains three bronze items but no [...] Archaeologists from the Vietnam Institute of Archaeology will be working with the National Guimet Museum in France to investigate some 5,000 artifacts left behind by a French historian. [...] An underground wall has been uncovered in Jakarta, but the lack of legislative support and urban construction concerns mean prevent further archaeological investigation. [...] 11 December 2006 (New Straits Times) - Malacca tower gets new site The city’s RM21 million revolving tower has found a new home — at the tennis court in Taman Bunga Merdeka. The new site is just a few hundred metres from the original one by the banks of the Malacca River. The tower has [...] |
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