SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog

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.

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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
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At long last, the historic cities of Malacca and Georgetown have been inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage list!

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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
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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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Taking the cue from Laos’ Luang Prabang, the governor of Bangkok wants to propose Rattanakosin, the royal and old city of Bangkok, to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Apirak wants Unesco to list Rattanakosin
Bangkok Post
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The site of Bukit China (Chinese Hill), reportedly the largest Chinese cemetary outside of China, is now to be included as part of the proposed bid to list Penang and Malacca as World Heritage Sites.

Bukit China now in Malacca heritage zone
The Star, 05 June 2008
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The Bangkok Post carried a feature on one of Thailand’s most-cherished World Heritage Sites, the ancient city of Ayutthaya. Read on to find out more about this Venice of the East!

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Glimpses of past glory
Sightseeing highlights in a town that was once a metropolis
Bangkok Post, 29 May 2008
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