No plans for excavated fort
Singapore's National Heritage Board has no plans to gazette the foundations of the 100-year-old Fort Tanjong Katong for the time ...
Month: May 2010
Angkor Museum in a sorry state
Opened in 2007 to house sculpture from Angkor, the Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum does not seem to be attracting enough ...
Calls for better legislation to protect Indonesia's sunken treasures
Indonesia faces increased calls for better legislation to monitor and protect underwater treasures found in its waters, in the wake ...
Malacca to host Zheng He seminar in July
A seminar of Admiral Zheng He's (Cheng Ho) voyages to Malacca and beyond will be held in the Malaysian state ...
Can a nation afford its own treasure?
This Jakarta Post article reflects on last week's failed auction and the current difficulties of keeping and maintaining the collection ...
Indonesia plans maritime museum for sunken treasures
In what seems to be a reaction to last week's failed auction of the Cirebon shipwreck, Indonesia has announced plans ...
Pictures of the Nan'ao No.1 finds
Nearly 1,000 artefacts have been retrieved from the ongoing salvage at the Nan'ao No 1 shipwreck. Xinhua has a few ...
Hanoi construction halted over archaeological remains
Construction of a road in Hanoi has been temporarily stopped after remnants of the old Thang Long Citadel was discovered. ...
Indonesia's seas rich in shipwrecks, poor in protection
Sparked by the recent (failed) auction of artefacts from the Cirebon Shipwreck worth US$80 million, this editorial in the Jakarta ...
Khmer Bronzes go on display in the Smithsonian
Fine examples of Khmer bronzes will go on display at the Smithsonian later this week until early next year. Saving ...
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