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Tomb excavated outside Hanoi

Archaeologists discover a 2,000-year-old tomb at the site of Go Den Ran, located in the outskirts of Hanoi.

Ancient tomb found in Ha Noi Viet Nam News, 23 December 2010

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2nd century tomb unearthed on mountainside

A Dong Son period tomb comprising of a boat coffin, human statues and domestic items were unearthed near Hai Phon City in Vietnam.

Ancient tomb dated back 1,800 years unearthed Nhan Dan, 30 October 2009

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Dong Son stamp at the airport

I was back in Singapore over the weekend for my brother’s wedding when I chanced upon a familiar design at the Singapore Changi International Airport…

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Vietnamese museum receives donation of 60 Dong Son artefacts

The Yen Bai province museum in Vietnam receives a donation of 60 artefacts from the Dong Son period.

Yen Bai Museum receives 60 antiques The Voice of the Armed Forces and People, 23 March 2009

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Reviving the ancient art of bronze drum casting

A farmer in Vietnam is steadily gaining a reputation for recreating the famous Dong Son style bronze drums, found ubiquitously all over Southeast Asia from 500 BCE.

Ancient drums find new life Thanh Nien News, 01 March 2008

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Central Vietnam yields more relics

Besides mentioning the three cannons posted yesterday, other finds mentioned here include a bas-relief of a naga, a snake-deity in Hindu mythology, and a bronze Dong Son drum. [...]

The illegal trade in ancient bronze drums

06 August 2008 (Vietnam Net Bridge) – This piece of alarming news comes from the Dak Lak province, where Dong Son drums have been recently discovered, and how as many of 50 of them have been illegally excavated and smuggled out.

Many ancient bronze drums being illegally excavated

In the past four months, 50 [...]

Dong Son material culture found in Vietnamese central highlands

02 July 2007 (Vietnam Net Bridge) – A Dong Son style drum, used as a receptacle for human bones, was unearthed recently in the Dak Lak province of Vietnam. What I found interesting in this story was the fact that the coffee plant owner, in which the drum was found, was actually holding the drum [...]

Dong Son serves a tasty plate of the past

It’s a museum featuring Dong Son drums! It’s a restaurant serving Chinese and Vietnamese food! Actually, it’s a little bit of both… [...]

Museum gets first Dong Son Drum

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology receives donation of a Dong Son drum from a donor. [...]