New panel set up to adjudicate the Mahakan Fort community dispute
After uproar from multiple parties over the destruction of the community around the Mahakan Fort, a new panel has been ...
Tag: architecture
Posts related to all forms of Southeast Asian architecture including buildings, structures, ruins and built heritage in relation to archaeology.
See also: colonial buildings
Bagan temples: 224 to finish repairs before Thingyan, and 50 more after
The Myanmar Department of Archaeology and National Museum reports the upcoming completion of repairs 224 temples in Bagan damaged by ...
Ignoring expert advice, historic Bangkok house demolished
Despite designated at as a house of historic value by the administration itself, Bangkok City Hall proceeded with the demolition ...
Demolition of houses near historic Bangkok Fort
Despite appeals to their architectural value, the Bangkok administration proceeds with the demolishing of houses near a historic fort in ...
The staircase of Phnom Kulen
Archaeologists turn their attention to a mysterious massive staircase on Phnom Kulen, thought to be constructed in Angkoran times. The ...
Bagan quake roundup
On August 24, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit central Myanmar, which affected over 400 of the temples in Bagan causing ...
The mystery of Suryavarman I’s temple solved
Dating of metal fixings in the architecture at the Baphuon temple in Angkor Thom have led researchers to conclude that ...
Old Kedah Festival news roundup
Old Kedah, or Kedah Tua in Malay, and the archaeological findings of the Bujang Valley in northern Peninsular Malaysia were ...
Angkor Wat’s causeway renovation
Last month a restoration project for the main causeway leading to Angkor Wat was launched. The project is led by ...
Ancient well found in Central Vietnam
The remains of a well, thought to belong to the 12th century Cham period, was discovered in Vietnam's Quang Nam ...
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