Month: July 2007

Coffin burials are quite rare in Southeast Asia, so this find of a coffin with a carving of a woman ...

Here are the new additions of archaeological interest to the catalogue of Select Books, a specialised publisher and retailer of ...

Archaeologists have recovered a large amount of 3000-year-old material from a site in the central highlands, leading them to believe ...

A joint project between the US and Vietnam have led to the restoration of 18th and 19th-century artefacts. These artefacts ...

22 July 2007 (Brunei Times) - With gunpowder invented in nearby China, and cannons brought with the colonizing powers from ...

A short history of Thailand.

Malaysia's bid to put two of its historic towns up for inclusion into the World Heritage Site list meets a ...

Literature on the ancient history of Myanmar (Burma) is scant, but this article from the Brunei Times should serve as ...

It's not surprising that one would be able to find plenty of old coins along the silted banks of the ...

Today's short history series focuses on Malaysia. Again, the information here is scant and sometimes contradictory.