Philippines and India: Politics and ancient history

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 Posted in Philippines, Srivijaya | 3 Comments »

06 October 2007 (The Inquirer) - It's not so much and archaeological story as it is a political one. The Philippine president attempts to revive ancient "ties" with India by ... Read more..

German archaeologist studies Panji stories

Monday, September 10th, 2007 Posted in Indonesia | No Comments »

07 September 2007 (Jakarta Post) - A story reporting on a German archaeologist's work on studying the Panji stories depicted on Javanese temples. I am personally unfamiliar with the Panji ... Read more..

A short history of Indonesia

Friday, July 13th, 2007 Posted in Indonesia | No Comments »

13 July 2007 (Brunei Times) - Perhaps the Brunei Times is running a series about writing the short histories of different countries in Southeast Asia. Today, it publishes a short ... Read more..

Indon Prez says: Visit Museums!

Friday, June 22nd, 2007 Posted in Indonesia, Museums | 1 Comment »

21 June 2007 (Jakarta Post) - Have you visited your museum lately? If you're in Indonesia, you'll have no less than the president exhorting you to visit the museum! President ... Read more..

The Many Places of Singapura - Part 2

Saturday, May 19th, 2007 Posted in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore | 2 Comments »

We saw in the first installment of The Many Places of Singapura that the ‘Lion City’ (Singha-Pura) first existed in central Vietnam from the 4th to 9th century. In this ... Read more..



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