Are Malaysians buying up Indonesia's cultural heritage?
A rather disturbing report of Malaysian scholars allegedly buying up ancient manuscripts from private owners in the Indonesian Riau Islands ...
Tag: epigraphy
News reports and information related to Southeast Asian epigraphy and the study of writing and ancient inscriptions.
See: documentary heritage, inscriptions, palm-leaf manuscripts
Ancient Indonesian manuscripts in digital format
A literature foundation in Surakarta has announced the digitizing a quarter of the 6,000 ancient manuscripts and books in their ...
Ancient Javanese manuscripts return home after 30 years
Under the safekeeping of an Australian scholar, some 3,000 ancient Javanese manuscripts are to be returned to their home country ...
A new translation of the Calatangan Pot inscription
The Calatangan Pot is a prehispanic (14th-16th century) artefact containing an inscription around the neck. It is said to be ...
Seminar: Recovering Lost Gems of Myanmar's Past: Collecting, Preserving, and Accessing Old Texts from Palm Leaves and Parabike Manuscripts
Please find registration information at the ARI website or at the end of this post. Recovering Lost Gems of Myanmar's ...
Call for Papers: Hukay
Hukay: The Journal for Archaeological Research in Asia and the Pacific, published twice a year, is the refereed journal published ...
Philippine pottery shard reveals early writing
A potsherd adds to another piece of the puzzle about early Philippine writing systems. Most writing systems in Southeast Asia ...
Unesco brings Wat Pho relief
A Thai conservationist talks about the recent addition of the medicinal inscriptions on Wat Phra Chetupon , or Wat Pho ...
The Indianization of Southeast Asia
KaalaChakra: The Wheel of Time is a current exhibition at the National Library of Singapore showcasing the influence of Indian ...
10th century Sanggurah Stone returns to Indonesia
A Javanese stone tablet that was taken by British colonialists in the early 19th century returns to Indonesia. The four-tonne ...
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