SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog

… the meanwhile edition. Meanwhile? Yes, while much of the focus this past two weeks have been about the inscribing of the new World Heritage sites (including George Town, Malacca and Preah Vihear), life goes on in other parts of Southeast Asia.

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Most visitors to Angkor would have already visited the site of Ta Prohm, the temple deliberately left overgrown with trees to preserve the sense of how the ancient complex of ruins was found in the 1800s. Local guides will also tell you that Ta Prohm’s claim to fame as one of the locations for Angelina Jolie’s Tomb Raider movie. The site is set to be restored by a team from India who, interestingly enough, will attempt to restore the temple without disturbing the trees that have taken root.

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Temple tree
The Indian Express, 12 July 2008
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The International Herald Tribune writes about the newly-opened National Angkor Museum that has drawn criticism for not being really “national” (as it is Thai-owned) or “Angkor” (contains mainly pre-Angkorian relics).

A new museum puts a Thai imprint on Angkor
International Herald Tribune, 02 July 2008
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Not a literal ghost, mind you, but a rather the temple’s troubled history of being at the border of two modern nations. Cambodia has submitted a proposal to the World Heritage Committee meeting this week in Canada.

The temple ghost returns
Bangkok Post, 2 July 2008

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In this week’s edition of rojak we have a Malaysian flavour to things, from architecture, ethnology and politics!

photo credit: Marufish

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