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The Jewel of Muscat, an Omani sewn-plank ship modelled after the Tang Treasure Shipwreck, is set to leave the port of Muscat at the end of February, to recreate a maritime trade route between Oman and Singapore. Another ancient sailing ship to set forth Sail-World.com, 12 January 2010 [...] Readers in Singapore may be interested in a public lecture by Dr John Miksic of the National University of Singapore on Southeast Asian Ceramics. For readers who might not be able to attend the lecture, you may want to purchase Dr Miksic’s latest book, Southeast Asian Ceramics. Ceramics for the Archaeologist: Recent Advances in Understanding [...] The Cham script is falling in danger of becoming unreadable within a few decades as the mainly-Muslim Cham community in Cambodia have adopted to Arabic scripts. Cham Writing Founders Under Malay, Arabic VOA News, 13 January 2010 [...] In conjunction with the opening of the two permanent exhibitions on the Oc Eo and Champa cultures at the Vietnamese Museum of History at Ho Chi Minh City, a rare 8th century Buddha is unveiled and exhibited. Rare $6 million Buddha statue on display in HCM City Vietnam Net Bridge, 14 January 2010 [...] The Museum of Vietnamese History in Ho Chi Minh City opens two permanent exhibitions showcasing artefacts from Vietnam’s Oc Eo and Champa cultures. photo credit: ctsnow HCM City museum opens Oc Eo, Champa culture exhibitsVietnam Net Bridge, 13 January 2010 [...] Construction works at Terengganu, a state on the eastern part of the Malaysian peninsula have revealed artefacts such as Chinese coins and ceramics. Authorities have stepped in to claim the artefacts, but it appears that some of the construction workers have been quietly selling off some of the artefacts to private collectors already. Ancient [...] Just a quick link to Colleen’s poll at Middle Savagery, where she’s taking a poll from archaeological professionals on whether people still use film photography for archaeology (or you could go directly to the poll here). The poll got me thinking about the amount of photography I’ve had to do for my research. At the [...] This news feature from the Thanh Nien News Daily features some of the lesser known – but no less impressive – artifacts from two millennia of Vietnamese archaeology. Blasts from the past Thanh Nien News, 10 January 2010 [...] Christophe Pottier, the director of EFEO at Siem Reap will leave the school for the University of Sydney, where he will be continuing his work as co-director of the Greater Angkor Project. Farewell to an Angkor institutionstrong> Phnom Penh Post, 08 January 2010 [...] |
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