Historical marker unveiled at Museo ng Makati
via Manila Bulletin, 29 July 2022: An early 20th century town hall (now a museum) in Makati is recognised as...
Treasure trove of prehistoric tools found in Oluanpi
via Taipei Times, 28 July 2022: Shell tool production site unearthed in Southern Taiwan, revealing connections with Austronesian sites in...
The Elusive Origin of Zero
via Scientific American, 28 July 2022: This piece, written by a pair of Southeast Asianists, recounts recent arguments about the...
Podcast: Plain of Jars
via the Atlas Obscura Podcast, 28 July 2022: Atlas Obscura is a website dedicated to strange and unexpected places around...
Explaining the Sulu claim
An ongoing legal case about the Sulu Sultanate claim to parts of Sabahan Malaysia.
[Paper] Let’s catch octopus for dinner: ancient inventions of octopus lures in the Mariana Islands of the remote tropical pacific
via World Archaeology, 02 July 2022: The oldest known octopus lure can be found in the Marianas and linked to...
Abra quake roundup: Heritage sites damaged
A magnitude 7 earthquake hit northern Philippines last week not far from the heritage city of Vigan. I posted some...
Tracing Indonesian-Australian ties through historical objects
via The Jakarta Post, 27 July 2022: This joint online exhibition can be found here: https://tetanggaexhibition.com/en
Museums in the Philippines: Looking forward post-pandemic
via Business World Online, 27 June 2022: An editorial by Jeremy Barns and Jorell M. Legaspi, the director-general and deputy...
Lau hopes Sarawak Museum takes over Sibu Cultural Heritage Museum
via The Borneo Post, 27 July 2022: Local political makes appeal for the Sibu museum to come under the Sarawak...
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