Missing the boat on shipwreck treasures

Thursday, July 12th, 2007 Posted in Malaysia | No Comments »

12 July 2007 (New Straits Times) - Lucien de Guise, curator of the Malaysian Museum of Islamic Arts, writes a column about the sale of shipwreck treasures in Malaysia. Missing ... Read more..

The Belitung Shipwreck

Thursday, June 28th, 2007 Posted in Indonesia, Singapore, Talks / Presentations, Underwater Archaeology | 1 Comment »

Earlier this month, I was able to catch a lecture about the shipwreck laden with Tang Dynasty treasures that sunk off Belitung island in the 9th century. What was it ... Read more..

Foundations for Brunei Maritime Museum laid

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 Posted in Brunei, Museums | No Comments »

20 June 2007 (The Brunei Times, Borneo Bulletin) - There's a new maritime archaeology museum opening in Brunei in June next year. This museum will showcase Brunei's ancient trade within ... Read more..

The Tang Dynasty shipwreck at Belitong

Thursday, May 24th, 2007 Posted in Indonesia, Museums, Singapore, Talks / Presentations, Underwater Archaeology | 1 Comment »

The National University of Singapore (NUS) Museum in conjunction with auction house Christie's is hosting a talk on The Tang Dynasty Cargo from Belitong (Indonesia) on 4 June 2007. The Tang ... Read more..

40 wrecks with antiques

Monday, April 30th, 2007 Posted in Underwater Archaeology, Vietnam | No Comments »

30 April 2007 (Vietnam Net Bridge) - A Q&A (ok, more like 4Qs and 4As) with the director of the Vietnam Museum of History about the proposed underwater archaeology centre. 40 ... Read more..

Museum curator moots underwater archaeology centre

Thursday, April 26th, 2007 Posted in Underwater Archaeology, Vietnam | No Comments »

26 April 2007 (Thanh Nien News) - Statistically speaking, archaeology news from Vietnam represents a significant portion of archaeology news that comes out from Southeast Asia. Lots of that news ... Read more..

The South-China-Sea Tradition: the Hybrid Hulls of South-East Asia

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007 Posted in Papers, Underwater Archaeology | No Comments »

March 2007 (International Journal of Nautical Archaeology) - Marine Archaeologist Michael Flecker's paper attempting to come to a typography-of-sorts of the Southeast Asian marine vessel by examining ship characteristics from ... Read more..



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