Thailand said that it might, and now it turns out it will. In an effort to repair the damage caused by the Preah Vihear dispute, Thailand has announced that it will return seven 18th-century sandstone busts that were smuggled into Thailand in 2000. Details of the handover have yet to be worked out and the [...]
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With 2.5 million visitors a year and poor tourist management procedures in place, it looks like Borobudur is crumbling faster under the weight of tourist visits than being the sacred spot it was built to be. photo credit: irwandy Borobudur at the crossroads Jakarta Post, 23 February 2009 [...] Some 1,500 artefacts, seized from an unlicensed collector six years ago, have been finally handed over to the Quang Nam provincial authorities to exhibit in the local museum. The artefacts, mostly ceramics, were stored in boxes for most of the period and concerns have been raised that improper storage might have damaged the artefacts. [...] The civilisation of Angkor is renowned for its water management system of canals, irrigation channels and reservoirs; but fewer know about similar capabilities found in east Java’s Majapahit. Candi Tikus and Kolam Segaran are two such monumental features found in Trowulan. The peaceful pools of the ancients The Jakarta Post, 20 February 2009 [...] The Jakarta Globe features Padang Hill in West Java, a 900m high hill that is home to the largest concentration of megaliths found in Southeast Asia. Looks interesting – must add this to my to-visit list. The Padang Stones: A Megalithic Mystery Jakarta Globe, 18 Feb 2009 [...] Alien from Earth is a PBS program broadcast last November about the famous Flores hominin, Flo. Watch the program online and check out the minisite here. The site also features a Q&A with Mike Morwood, one of the discoverers of the hobbit, and a teacher’s guide.
[...] What does the ongoing debate over the hobbit mean for palaeoanthropology and the study of man’s ancestor’s as a whole? William Moore sums up to ongoing debate and directions future research might take. “Hobbits†of Flores: Implications for the pattern of human evolution World Socialist Web Site, 16 February 2009 [...] Stories about Angkor’s collapse makes it sound like there was one event that caused a civilisation to fall; I rather think there’s usually a confluence of factors. In Angkor, we can now add drought to the list which includes deforestation, breakdown of the water management system and attacks from neighbouring Siam. The conclusion of drought [...] Rojak turns 50! Not that it has been 50 weeks since I first started this since I’ve missed quite a few weeks due to travels or sheer forgetfulness -it’s more like one and a half years. This week, we feature quite a few stories from Southeast Asia like the Cambodian dinosaur found on the walls [...] |
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