You are currently browsing the archives for the UNESCO World Heritage category.
July 31st, 2008 noelbynature Posted in Malaysia, UNESCO World Heritage No Comments »
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
Read the rest of this entry »
July 28th, 2008 noelbynature Posted in Malaysia, UNESCO World Heritage 2 Comments »
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.
July 25th, 2008 noelbynature Posted in Malaysia, UNESCO World Heritage No Comments »
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.
Penang celebrates listing as World Heritage Site
The Star, 25 July 2008
Read the rest of this entry »
July 18th, 2008 noelbynature Posted in Malaysia, UNESCO World Heritage No Comments »
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.
Melaka To Form Melaka City Of World Heritage Trustee Board
Bernama, 16 July 2008
Read the rest of this entry »
July 14th, 2008 noelbynature Posted in Cambodia, Malaysia, UNESCO World Heritage No Comments »
Internet troubles (and I’ve been having a lot of them lately) have prevented me from posting the later half of last week, so here’s a roundup of the aftermath to our new Southeast Asian World Heritage sites. Georgetown and Malacca are preparing for huge celebrations and making arrangements to uphold their newfound status, while tensions have not abated over the border temple of Preah Vihear.
July 8th, 2008 noelbynature Posted in Cambodia, Malaysia, UNESCO World Heritage No Comments »
The details are sketchy, but it seems that Cambodia was successful in getting to controversial border temple Preah Vihear listed in the World Heritage List, despite Thailand’s objections. The news has come out on some of the news agencies and on the Bangkok Post, but at this point there still isn’t anything from the UNESCO website.
Quebec meeting lists temple as Heritage Site
Bangkok Post, 08 July 2008
Unesco accepts George Town and Malacca as World Heritage Sites
The Star, 08 July 2008
Read the rest of this entry »
July 8th, 2008 noelbynature Posted in Malaysia, UNESCO World Heritage No Comments »
At long last, the historic cities of Malacca and Georgetown have been inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage list!
photo credit: krismartis
Eight new sites, from the Straits of Malacca, to Papua New Guinea and San Marino, added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List
UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 7 July 2008
Read the rest of this entry »
