Back from my last round of fieldwork – this should be my last linkdump for the year! Some of the biggest stories from the last couple of weeks is the discovery of the oldest anatomically modern human skull to be found in Southeast Asia. The discovery was made in Laos, in Tham Pa Ling.
Cambodia
- Artists recreate Angkor Wat’s lost carvings [BBC, 20 Aug 2012]
- Restoring ancient monuments at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat [BBC, 20 Aug 2012]
- Cambodia: Bathing children unearth Buddha statues believed to be about 1,000 years old in pond [AP, via Daily Reporter, 17 Aug 2012]
- World’s largest temple project in Bihar not a replica [The Indian Express, 09 Aug 2012]
- Cambodians find 20 skulls in suspected Khmer Rouge mass grave [AP, via The First Post, 06 Aug 2012]
- Cambodians find possible Khmer Rouge mass grave [AP, via The Times Herald, 06 Aug 2012]
China
- Antiques to be salvaged from sunken Chinese ship [TruthDive, 20 Aug 2012]
- 30,000 antiques to be salvaged in S China [Xinhua, 20 Aug 2012]
- Estimated 30,000 antiques to be salvaged from sunken ship [Xinhua, 19 Aug 2012]
Indonesia
- ‘Hobbit’ skull fleshed out [Illaawra Mercury, 09 Aug 2012]
Laos
- Earliest human evidence in Southeast Asia [ABC Science, 21 Aug 2012]
- Lao skull earliest example of modern human fossil in Southeast Asia [Phys Org, 20 Aug 2012]
Malaysia
- Lenggong Valley’s status threatened [The Star, 15 Aug 2012] [Link no longer active]
- 18th century ruins found in Bukit Jugra [New Straits Times, 14 Aug 2012] [Link no longer active]
- 19th century artifacts uncovered in Malaysia [Bikya Masr, 14 Aug 2012] [Link no longer active]
- Artifacts found at Bukit Jugra [Bernama, 13 Aug 2012]
Philippines
- Tabon Cave declared national cultural treasure [PhilStar, 05 Aug 2012]
Thailand
- Possible archaeological site unearthed in Lampang [Pattaya News, 21 Aug 2012]
- Thai scholar sticks by claim Plato’s Atlantis is near Chiang Mai [Bangkok Post, 05 Aug 2012]
Vietnam
- Ancient coins unearthed in Quang Binh province [Tuoi Tre News, 22 Aug 2012] [Link no longer active]
