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After last weekend’s celebrations in George Town, the city of Malacca who is co-inscribed as a World Heritage Site kicks off its celebrations this Friday with a month-long festival.

Malacca celebrates for a month
New Straits Times, 29 July 2008
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Remember the ancient bastions of fortress Malacca that was discovered late 2006 (see here and here)? There were also four 13th century skeletons discovered at the site, which was being analysed in the Centre for Archaeological Research Malaysia (where I’m based). They were having the press conference at the centre on Friday morning to announce the piece of news. Over the weekend, we also had the National Archaeology Seminar where we heard a paper presented about the skeletal finds from the site.

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On a happier note, the newly-inscribed World Heritage Site of George Town in Penang is gearing up for a three-day long celebration starting today.

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Penang celebrates listing as World Heritage Site
The Star, 25 July 2008
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The Malacca state government will form a World Heritage City trustee board to oversee and conserve one of this year’s newest world heritage sites.

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Melaka To Form Melaka City Of World Heritage Trustee Board
Bernama, 16 July 2008
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With all the buzz happening over the new UNESCO sites inscribed last week, this rather alarming story slipped by quietly. Syndicates have reportedly been recovering artefacts from shipwrecks off the shores of the southern Malaysian state of Johor for sale in the antiquities market.

Syndicate Stealing Artefacts In Johor Waters
Bernama, 09 July 2008
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