An update on the hobbit debate; Mike Morwood’s team is now expanding the search for the hobbit in the surrounding regions.
photo credit: Rosino
Indonesian ‘hobbit’ challenges evolutionary theory AP, via Jakarta Post, 07 March 2010
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Sorry for the lack of posts this week, as I was finishing up a lot of work and posts will resume again next Monday (with a lot of catching up to do!). Just a quick query from our Facebook page, posted by Christina Sewall who is looking for information about this ceramic piece:
Indonesia’s Radya Pustaka Museum receives a rp24 billion (US2.6 million) budget for renovations this year. You may remember this museum from a while back because of a scandal involving the theft of statues from its collection, as well as recent attempts to digitise the manuscript collection. Radya Pustaka Museum Radya Pustaka Museum to be [...] Remember last month when Cambodia complained to Google about its incorrect maps at the Preah Vihear border? Ogle Earth has a nice roundup about the disputed maps and a little background to the border spat. I found it quite interesting that when the temple was awarded to Cambodia by the ICJ, Thailand didn’t lower the [...] Cambodia has published a red list of artefacts aimed at stemming the looting of artefacts from the country, to be distributed to museums, auction houses and border checkpoints. You can help, too, by supporting local businesses when in Cambodia and not buying marketplace antiquities! New List Aims to Stem Tide of Cambodian Stolen Antiquities [...] The steles of Hanoi’s Temple of Literature listing the doctoral candidates between the 15th-18th centuries are in danger of being literally erased from history as visitors run their fingers through the names. Van Mieu steles endangered by human touch Thanh Nien News, 01 Mar 2010 [...] A news feature showing you why you should skip the malls for the Niah Caves. photo credit: amanderson2 Abandoning the malls and discovering the Caves Brunei fm, 28 Feb 2010 [...] Ceramics from Malaysia’s sunken shipwrecks are exhibited at the National Museum. Ceramics from sunken ships on display at National Museum New Straits Times, 27 February 2010 [...] The Port Clusters of Southeast Asia and the Middle East Dates: 27-29 July 2010 Venue: Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore [...] Unesco funds over a million (US?) dollars for the preservation of Thang Long Citadel. Over $1.2 million to preserve Thang Long Royal Citadel Vietnam Net Bridge, 26 February 2010 [...] |
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