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The Independent’s story about Kent Davis’ ongoing work to analyse the apsara/devata features on Angkor Wat. Having determined at least 8 facial types from the apsaras/devatas from the walls of Angkor Wat, is it possible to see if these facial features still survive among the locals at Angkor? photo credit: ScubaBeer The 12th-century [...] The Star’s travel feature on the two must-visit places when in Yogyakarta – Prambanan and Borobudur. photo credit: hildo trazo The temples of Yogyakarta have it The Star, 04 September 2010 [...] Scientists examining 3,000-year-old rice grains recovered from an archaeological site earlier this year have successfully sprouted them and found them to be similar to a currently-growing variety. 3,000 year old rice current variety Vietnam Net Bridge, 03 September 2010 [...] Starting off the new week with a laugh, here’s a silly story about an mathematics lecturer is claiming that Borobudur was built by Solomon’s “genie soldiers”… You can tell by the comments in the article that nobody is taking the claim seriously. The real question would be, how did this even get on the newspaper [...] Following the stunning discovery of a human foot bone in the Cagayan Valley, which indicated that humans were on the Philippine islands as early as 47,000 years ago, archaeologists from the Philippines are planning more excavations in the area to understand the early habitation of the archipelago. Archaeologists plan more digs around Cagayan caves The [...] Readers in Singapore my be interested in this public lecture by Professor Pierre-Yves Manguin happening on Wednesday at the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies. FROM PROTO-HISTORY TO BUDDHISM: The in West Java Wednesday, 15 September, 4.00pm- 5.30pm Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore ISEAS Seminar Room 2 Full details and registration information [...] Two stone sarcophagi containing human remains have been found in Bali. The sarcophagi are said to be around 2,500 years old, and add to the growing number of sarcophagi finds in Bali (see here and here). 2,500-Year-Old Human Remains Discovered in Bali Jakarta Globe, 29 August 2010 [...] A truck laden with artefacts thought to be from China’s Ming dynasty was seized in Vietnam’s Quang Ngai Province. Ming Dynasty artefacts, Vietnam Net Bridge 28 Aug 2010 Truck on antiques seized Vietnam Net Bridge, 28 August 2010 [...] Apparently, there was a rumour that the trees at Ta Prohm, aka the Tomb Raider Temple were going to be removed… Tomb Raider temple trees are here to stay The Phnom Penh Post, 27 August 2010 [...] Kent Davis posts some distressing news of a prehistoric circular earthwork site in Memot District, Kampong Cham Province in Cambodia that was levelled last week – without permission – to make way for temporary housing and development. Cambodian prehistory is not well studied, and the loss of a prehistoric site such as this represents a [...] |
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