Fire hits National Archives building in Manila
via CNN Philippines, 05 September 2021: There was a fire in the building housing the National Archives of the Philippines, ...
Tag: disasters
Mainly about natural disasters (floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, etc.), but can also refer to man-made disasters (e.g. fire) and other catastrophic events that affect archaeological sites in Southeast Asia.
See also: 2011 Thailand Flood, 2016 Myanmar Earthquake
Loboc church reopens 7 years after Bohol quake
via Philippine Inquirer, 18 May 2021: An 18th-century church in Bohol is finally restored after it was severely damaged from ...
Statement by the Myanmar Archaeology Association on recent events in Myanmar
I share here the statement put out by the Myanmar Archaeology Association on the recent coup
Vietnam’s ancient world heritage citadel damaged by natural disasters
via Vietnam Express, 10 January 2021: To wall of the Ho Citadel in northern Vietnam was recently damaged due to ...
Lessons from the Climate-Change Induced Collapse of Angkor Wat
via Applied Ecology News, 15 September 2020: Understanding the complexity of the fall of Angkor in conversation with Miriam Stark, ...
International Course on Rethinking Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage Collections
via ICCROM: Course on Disaster Risk Management offered by ICCROM, held partly online, with a hands-on component held in Intramuros ...
Repairs almost finished on quake-damaged Bagan pagodas
via Myanmar Times, 17 July 2020: Update on repair of Bagan temples damage from the 2016 earthquake, but also a ...
Fire guts Ayutthaya-period teak temple
via Bangkok Post, 09 July 2020:
Arson at Ancient Temple in Myanmar World Heritage Site Prompts Questions Over Security
via The Irrawaddy, 10 June 2020: Attempted arson at Loka-hteik-pan Temple.
Climate change and the collapse of Angkor Wat
via phys.org, 14 April 2020: A feature on Dan Penny of the University of Sydney and his work reconstructing the ...
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