127-year-old asylum wall found in Singapore
A forgotten wall to a lunatic asylum has been discovered in Singapore, dated to 1887. Lunatic asylum wall in Singapore....
Bagan listing aimed for 2017
Culture officials in Myanmar say they hope to have Bagan listed as a world heritage site by 2017. Bagan. Source:...
Postage stamps for Borobudur’s 200th anniversary
Borobudur is not 200 years of course, but this year is the anniversary of its 'discovery' by Sir Thomas Stanford...
Ban Chiang artefacts return to Thailand
Last week, over 500 artefacts from Thailand were officially handed back to the country from the Bowers Museum in the...
Dong Son drum found during UXO search
A Dong Son drum was one of the few artefacts discovered during a unexploded ordnance search of a mine in...
1,000-year-old Hanoi pagoda restored
The Tram Gian Pagoda in Hanoi has been successfully restored, after mistakenly dismantled in 2012. Ha Noi restores dismantled ancient...
Dong Son exhibition at the National Museum of History
The National Museum of History in Hanoi is hosting an exhibition on the Dong Son bronze age culture. The Hop...
Temples in the My Son complex sinking
Recent floods at the My Son world heritage site in Central Vietnam have caused cracks to appear in some of...
Massive statue heads found at Banteay Chhmar
Giant statue heads have been found at Banteay Chhmar, protected because they were buried underneath half a metre of soil...
Job: Assistant Professor in Cultural Anthropology (University of Washington)
Not an archaeology job posting but related: the University of Washington is looking for a new Assistant Professor of Cultural...
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