All the ding-donging over Preah Vihear has caught the attention of the BBC, which writes about the tussle between Cambodia and Thailand and the history of the temple.
Tranquil temple at centre of a storm BBC, 22 May 2008
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Let’s face it. If you’re reading this site, you’re probably going to watch Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – and love it. [...] Statues from the temple of Phanom Rung in Buri Ram province of Thailand have been defaced by vandals. Vandals damage ancient monuments Bangkok Post, 21 May 2008 [...] Another bumper edition of Wednesday Rojak – well, because I’ve been missing the previous week again. But this week is choc-full of posts from Angkor, Borobudur and other archaeology sites from Southeast Asia. Here they are in no particular order: photo credit: soham_pablo [...] The UCLA International Institute posts a memorial for Roxanna Brown, the director of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum who died in prison last week under dubious circumstances. In Memoriam – Roxanna Maude Brown UCLA International Institute, 20 May 2008 It is with deepest sadness that we mourn the untimely death on May 14, 2008 [...] From Academy Professorship Indonesia (special thanks to Nat for flagging this): The Academy Professorship Indonesia (API) in Social Sciences and Humanities under the auspices of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Indonesian Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University, foresees the urgent need to [...] The Ayala Museum in Makati, Philippines is showcasing over a thousand years of Philippine material culture and history of contact with other cultures in a special permanent exhibition showcasing gold, ceramics and textiles. An exhibition to die for Cebu Daily News, 15 May 2008 [...] This story from the Bangkok Post repeats most of the details already released before, but also includes some comments from Roxanna Brown’s colleagues. There’s a general feeling of shock, as well as dismay that there wasn’t an opportunity for the truth to emerge. Prison death Bangkok Post, 16 May 2008 [...] Sad news. Southeast Asian Ceramics museum director Roxanna Brown passed away in prison after an apparent heart attack. She was being indicted for wire fraud on an ongoing investigation into smuggled antiquities from Ban Chiang turning up in Californian museums. Indicted museum director found dead at WA federal prison The Seattle Times, 14 May 2008 [...] More news on Roxanna Brown’s arrest. Bangkok University, which is home to the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum of which Brown is the director, denies any involvement in the antiques smuggling. At the same time, they have also said that they were never given any cause to suspect anything shady. University art historian faces fraud charges [...] |
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