I’m back in Singapore for the weekend and one of the items on my to-do list was to visit the Vietnam: From Myth to Modernity exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum. When this exhibition first opened, I had only just started my stint up north, so I was glad to finally have been able to [...]
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As expected, most of the Malaysian papers carried reports about yesterday’s press conference on the excavation of six skeletons from Gua Kain Hitam in Sarawak and Pulau Kelumpang in Perak. You can read my account here. Proof of Neolithic presence New Straits Times, 19 September 2008 Archaeologists discover Neolithic-era skeletons The Star, 18 September 2008 [...] The ball is in the central government’s court over whether a Malang regency mosque should be moved in order to better preserve a set of 12th-century walls, believed to be the remants of the Singosari kingdom. Historic site languishes under mosque as govt looks away Jakarta Post, 17 September 2008 [...] This morning, the Centre for Archaeology Research, Malaysia at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Penang unveiled two sets of burials from the Niah cave complex in Sarawak and Pulau Kelumpang in Perak. Check out the new finds in this special  SEAArch web report. Six human burials excavated from Gua Kain Hitam, Niah, Sarawak [...] Vietnam’s Institute of Archaeology is set to explore a relatively new concept in archaeological practice: community-based archaeology, which is a grassroots-centred movement to get local people interested and preserving their own past. This interview with the vice-director of the Institute of Archaeology explains further. Residents to help dig up the past Viet Nam News, 15 [...] For those always wanting to take a trip to Borobudur, this article from the Wall Street Journal is a primer on what to expect. Borobudur, Path to Enlightenment Wall Street Journal, 13 September 2008 [...] In this edition of Rojak, we visit some Hindu temples – in Indonesia, Cambodia, and in India where we find a temple that looks suspiciously like one from Cambodia. photo credit: zephyr_jiza [...] A team of archaeologists in Indonesia has discovered what is said to be the central palace of the Majapahit kingdom using a local well as a reference point, which was said to have been used by the kingdom’s founder in the 12th century. The kingdom was dominant in East Java from 1293 to 1528 and [...] The standoff at the third disputed temple fizzles after two days, thanks to a calm meeting between the military commanders of boths sides over the weekend. This third incursion isn’t making relations between the two any better, and the Cambodian prime minister has indicated that they will seek to resolve the dispute through the UN, [...] The Jakarta Post had a double feature on the publicly funded Conservation Institute, responsible for the conservation of Jakarta’s museum. Like most conservation agencies, they suffer from a lack of funding and manpower, as well as a lack of confidence from private collectors. Museum conservation specialists step up Jakarta Post, 11 September 2008 Local restorers [...] |
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