Ancient elephant fossil recovered in Java
A nearly-intact skeleton of an ancient skeleton was unearthed near the small town of Blora in Java. The elephant was ...
Tag: Java (island)
The most populous island in Indonesia and home to the country’s capital, Jakarta. Notable archaeological sites include the Sangiran Early Man site, Borobudur, and the Prambanan temples.
Indonesia and Malaysia pledge to collaborate on World Heritage Sites
A short blurb in The Star indicates that Indonesia and Malaysia are planning to collaborate on an integrated tourism package ...
Indonesian Museum missing even more artefacts
It seems that the Radya Pustaka Museum in central Java has even more artefacts missing, this time a set of ...
Prehistoric fossils found in Java
Fossils of prehistoric elephants and plants have been found in Blora, central Java by a team from the Bandung Geology ...
Indonesia culture minister issues apology for destruction of Majapahit remains
The Indonesian minister for culture and tourism issues a public apology for the government's role in destroying the buried features ...
Wednesday Rojak #53 – Lego and archaeology
This edition of rojak is an eclectic mix of tantalizing speculations about the hobbit's role in linguistics, videos from Java ...
Unusual Ganesha statue discovered in Java
An unusual 12th-century Ganesha statue was recovered by the Mpu Purwa Historical Object Preservation Center in East Java from a ...
The modern erosion of Borobudur
With 2.5 million visitors a year and poor tourist management procedures in place, it looks like Borobudur is crumbling faster ...
Padang Hill: Southeast Asia's largest megalithic site
The Jakarta Globe features Padang Hill in West Java, a 900m high hill that is home to the largest concentration ...
The Star's 10 most beautiful temples list
Malaysia's Star takes us on a tour of the 10 most beautiful temples in the world - all notably Asian, ...
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