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The state government of Malacca is investigating allegations that shipwrecks in its territorial waters have been looted, in activities that have been going on as far as the late 1990s. Malacca probes sunken treasure thefts The Star, 26 June 2011 [...] Philippine archaelogist Victor Paz sounds an alert over the theft of bones from two burial caves in Palawan. The bones are thought to be stolen by the descendants of World War II soldiers. The linked article also carries a copy of Paz’s letter to the National Museum detailing the looting matter. National Museum probes alleged [...] var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-35.312122, 149.119418); var myOptions = { zoom: 5, center: latlng, mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN }; var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(“mygpMap3976″), myOptions); map.disableDoubleClickZoom = false; map.scrollwheel = true; var marker = new google.maps.Marker({ position: latlng, map: map }); Yesterday (10 Mar 2011) I had the brilliant opportunity to witness the return of artefacts [...] A truck laden with artefacts thought to be from China’s Ming dynasty was seized in Vietnam’s Quang Ngai Province. Ming Dynasty artefacts, Vietnam Net Bridge 28 Aug 2010 Truck on antiques seized Vietnam Net Bridge, 28 August 2010 [...] Michael Hatcher, the treasure hunter under investigation by the Indonesian government has publicly denied any wrongdoing and claims that the investigation is politically motivated by business rivals. Treasure Hunter Resurfaces to Deny Theft Allegations Jakarta Globe, 04 May 2010 [...] Cambodia has published a red list of artefacts aimed at stemming the looting of artefacts from the country, to be distributed to museums, auction houses and border checkpoints. You can help, too, by supporting local businesses when in Cambodia and not buying marketplace antiquities! New List Aims to Stem Tide of Cambodian Stolen Antiquities [...] Construction works at Terengganu, a state on the eastern part of the Malaysian peninsula have revealed artefacts such as Chinese coins and ceramics. Authorities have stepped in to claim the artefacts, but it appears that some of the construction workers have been quietly selling off some of the artefacts to private collectors already. Ancient [...] It’s mid-December already, and I haven’t posted any news so far on account of being in Hanoi for the first couple of weeks, and then falling majorly sick after returning. So rather than trying to catch up with three week’s worth of archaeology news from Southeast Asia, here’s all of them in one brilliant link [...] Only one entry for this week’s rojak, and it’s a rather sad one. Andy Brouwer writes about the looting and destruction of lintels and statues at the border temple of Ta Muen Thom. Check out Andy’s post here. Can anyone help with this question? In 1944, the Australian paper The Argus published a short note about the theft of a gold disc 25′ in diameter from a temple in Burma by the Japanese Occupation army (“Japanese Steal Huge Gold Disc From Temple in Burma”, The Argus, February 10, 1944, page 12). FOK (name [...] |
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