Bagan Temple Damaged in August Earthquake Collapses
via The Irrawaddy, 05 March 2018: Temple’s walls had been replaced in 1996; officials say World Heritage application unaffected Source: ...
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
Germany gives 135,000 euros to restore quake-hit pagodas
Via Myanmar Times, 27 Feb 2018: Germany has contributed 135,000 euros (K223.14 million) for the repair of two pagodas damaged ...
Three buildings damaged in Ayutthaya temple fire
via Bangkok Post, 18 Feb 2018: AYUTTHAYA: Three ancient Thai-style wooden buildings inside Wat Senasanaram Ratchavoraviharn in Phra Nakhon Si ...
No volcanic winter in East Africa from ancient Toba eruption: The supereruption 74,000 years ago did not trigger major environmental disruption that caused human populations in East Africa to decline, say geoscientists.
via Science Daily, 06 Feb 2018: The Toba supereruption on the island of Sumatra about 74,000 years ago did not ...
Jakarta Maritime Museum catches fire on Tuesday morning
via Jakarta Post, 16 January 2018: :'( The Maritime Museum in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, was razed by fire on Tuesday morning at ...
Popular Bagan Pagoda Closes After Terrace Collapse
via The Irrawaddy, 20 October 2017: Shwesandaw Pagoda, one of the two remaining temples upon to the public for sunset ...
Fire guts 120-year-old sermon hall in Nakhon Phanom
via Bangkok Post, 28 September 2017: NAKHON PHANOM: A century-old wooden sermon hall and its ancient murals were destroyed by ...
Ayutthaya temple fire damages ancient Buddha statue
via The Nation, 15 September 2017 A morning fire damaged a Buddha statue of the Ayutthaya period in a temple ...
36 Bagan pagodas to be repaired by 2019
via Eleven Myanmar, 29 August 2017: Repairs to 36 pagodas in Bagan that were damaged by an earthquake last year ...
One year after earthquake, Bagan temples see three more years before full recovery
via The Irrawady, 22 August 2017: Myanmar aims to finish renovation work for quake-affected Bagan temples in the country’s central ...
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