Authorities race to save more mural paintings in Bagan before heavy rains
via Myanmar Times, 10 August 2017: Experts are rushing to restore more mural paintings in over 50 pagodas which were ...
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
249 quake-hit pagodas in Myanmar’s Bagan renovated so far
Xinhua, 06 May 2017 A total of 249 out of the 389 earthquake-hit pagodas in Myanmar's Bagan city have been ...
Fire guts building in Ayutthaya world heritage site | Bangkok Post: news
Bangkok Post, 17 April 2017: An interpretive learning center on the grounds of Ayutthaya's Wat Phra Sri Sanphet burned down ...
Angkor Wat’s Collapse From Climate Change Has Lessons for Today
National Geographic, 05 April 2017 The powerful civilization was hammered into oblivion by drought and floods, underscoring the connections between ...
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 ...
Bagan quake roundup
On August 24, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit central Myanmar, which affected over 400 of the temples in Bagan causing ...
Cliffs near Thai rock art site collapse, paintings not damaged
The rock face from cliffs near the rock art site of Pha Taem, in Thailand's Ubon Ratchathani province, collapsed earlier ...
Typhoon damage to Angkor Thom repaired
The APSARA Authority reports that the damage to Angkor Thom from the 2011 typhoon has been repaired. Angkor Thom restoration. ...
Rain causes collapse of temples in Bagan
Recent torrential rains in Bagan have cause the collapse of at least two temples in the ancient temple complex. The ...
Sinking Candi Sukuh closed for restoration
Candi Sukuh in Java is being closed while repairs are done to it to prevent the ancient temple from deteriorating ...
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