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Last week, Apple announced a revamped iBooks and iTunes U service aimed at bringing textbooks and course materials to the iPad. There’s a fair buzz in the education circles, but how much content is there relating to the archaeology of Southeast Asia? [...] The tourism departments of Indonesia and Cambodia are in discussions to make Angkor Wat and Borobodur sister sites, and promote bilateral tourism by opening air routes between the two cities. photo credit: Justyn™ Angkor Wat, Borobudur temple to become sister sites, says official Jakarta Post, 16 January 2012 [...] So I’m enjoying my year-end break a little too much… and I’ll resume normal postings with the new year, once I get settled down again. For the last post of the year, here’s a roundup of the stories from the past two weeks. Happy new year! Cambodia Police break up a prayer ceremony at Angkor [...] You may remember last year’s eruption of Mt Merapi caused a layer of corrosive ash to coat Borobudur. Conservation specialists working in Indonesia are now appealing for public funds to help with the cost of cleaning up the ash in the wake of the disaster. Readers interested in making a financial donation to help the [...] The head of the Borobudur Heritage Conservation Association reports that the cleanup of the ancient monument will be completed in time for the new year. photo credit: k0a1a.net Borobudur Can Be Visited In New Year’s Holiday Bernama, 29 November 2010 [...] Authorities make the best with what they have in the cleanup of Borobudur from corrosive volcanic ash and the race to have everything open for the tourist season. photo credit: k0a1a.net Indonesia’s Borobudur Rising From the Ashes Jakarta Globe, 21 November 2010 [...] Well, not exactly plastic wrap in the sense of the stuff you find in the kitchen. The latest plan to protect Borobudur from the fallout ash from Mt Merapi is to cover the monument in plastic. But it seems that the 2,000 square metres of plastic that they already have isn’t quite enough to protect [...] Volcanic ash from the eruption of Mt Merapi earlier this week has coated Borobudur in white; the authorities have closed parts of the Buddhist monument for about a week to sweep away the acidic ash. Volcanic Ash a Threat to Borobudur Jakarta Globe, 29 October 2010 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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