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The featured stories look at the new Indonesia–India conservation project at Prambanan, focusing on the temple complex’s ruined perwara shrines, and a striking Late Prehistoric find in northeast Thailand: a remarkably complete Phimai Black vessel discovered as water levels fell at Mun Bon Dam.⠀
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Temples, pottery, reservoirs, and a little scheduled rest. Back again on 27 July.⠀
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via the East Java Cultural Preservation Center, 20 February 2020: Report of an elephant fossil discovered in Madiun, East Java. The find raises potential for finding other fossils in the area. Article is in Bahasa.
Kegiatan ekskavasi ini didampingi pula oleh pihak Muspika Saradan, Kepala Desa Sumber bendo, dan masyarakat Desa Sumberbendo yang berduyun-duyun menyaksikan kegiatan ekskavasi tersebut.
Ekskavasi dilakukan dengan membuka kotak galian berukuran 2,5 meter x 2 meter dengan kedalaman 30 cm dari permukaan tanah. Dari kegiatan ekskavasi diketahui bahwa fosil berupa satu buah Pelvis Proboscidea (panggul gajah purba) yang berukuran 1,6 meter, dengan lebar 65 cm, dan tebal mencapai 20 cm. Fosil ini diduga berasal dari gajah purba yang berjenis kelamin betina karena memiliki lubang tengah diameter yang cukup besar mencapai 40 cm. temuan ini dikategorikan langka, karena fosil tulang panggul gajah purba tersebut ditemukan lengkap, baik sisi kanan dan kiri. biasanya tim BPSMP Sangiran hanya menemukan satu sisi tulang pinggul saja.
Source: Ekskavasi Fosil Gajah Purba di Kabupaten Madiun | Balai Pelestarian Cagar Budaya Jawa Timur
