Les dernières nouvelles du côté des musées, de l'archéologie, de l'art et de l'histoire en Asie du Sud-est. Bonne lecture.
2,500-year-old Sa Huynh artefacts found | VNA via Nhân Dân | August 13, 2010
Thousands of Sa Huynh Culture artefacts, some dating back to the fifth century BC, have been discovered at Phu Truong in Phan Thiet after three months of excavations. [...]
Exhibition links Thang Long, Ha Long together | VNA via VOV News | August 13, 2010
An exhibition depicting the close link between the ancient capital of Thang Long and Ha Long Bay over the past 1,000 years of history opened on August 12 in Tuan Chau international resort in the coastal city of Ha Long, Quang Ninh province.[...]
Antique Tombs Found | Tempo Interaktif| August 13, 2010
Ancient tombs have been found in Loram Kulon Village, Jati District, Kudus, by land digger, Surahmat. [...]
Thieves clean up gold collection | Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta | August 14, 2010
Precious historic collections from the 8th and 9th centuries — ranging from gold jewelry, gold plates and statues — have vanished from Sonobudoyo Museum in Yogyakarta. [...]
Sleuth researches enigmatic Angkor girls | Phnom Penh Post via Khmer NZ ( | August 20, 2010
FLORIDA-based researcher, publisher and robot manufacturer Kent Davis is rapidly gaining an international reputation as the sleuth of Siem Reap, a new age detective delving into what he sees as one of the greatest mysteries of ancient Angkor Wat – the 1780 images of anonymous and mostly bare-breasted women depicted in carvings throughout the iconic structure. [...]
Thousands of Sa Huynh Culture artefacts, some dating back to the fifth century BC, have been discovered at Phu Truong in Phan Thiet after three months of excavations. [...]
Exhibition links Thang Long, Ha Long together | VNA via VOV News | August 13, 2010
An exhibition depicting the close link between the ancient capital of Thang Long and Ha Long Bay over the past 1,000 years of history opened on August 12 in Tuan Chau international resort in the coastal city of Ha Long, Quang Ninh province.[...]
Antique Tombs Found | Tempo Interaktif| August 13, 2010
Ancient tombs have been found in Loram Kulon Village, Jati District, Kudus, by land digger, Surahmat. [...]
Thieves clean up gold collection | Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta | August 14, 2010
Precious historic collections from the 8th and 9th centuries — ranging from gold jewelry, gold plates and statues — have vanished from Sonobudoyo Museum in Yogyakarta. [...]
Sleuth researches enigmatic Angkor girls | Phnom Penh Post via Khmer NZ ( | August 20, 2010
FLORIDA-based researcher, publisher and robot manufacturer Kent Davis is rapidly gaining an international reputation as the sleuth of Siem Reap, a new age detective delving into what he sees as one of the greatest mysteries of ancient Angkor Wat – the 1780 images of anonymous and mostly bare-breasted women depicted in carvings throughout the iconic structure. [...]
The many faces of Angkor Wat | The Cambodian Daily, via www.devata.org | August 2010In 1927, Sappho Marchal, the 23-year-old daughter of Henri Marchal who was overseeing restoration of monuments at Angkor Wat at the time, published a book on the hairstyles, clothes and jewelry of 1,737 sculptures of women she had located on the walls and columns of Angkor Wat.
And until recently, no archeologist or historian at Angkor had wondered why so many nearly life-size images of human beings filled the 12th century monument and why these sculptures were only of women, said Kent Davis, a researcher and publisher of DatAsia Press. [...]
And until recently, no archeologist or historian at Angkor had wondered why so many nearly life-size images of human beings filled the 12th century monument and why these sculptures were only of women, said Kent Davis, a researcher and publisher of DatAsia Press. [...]
Unearthed artefacts handed to museum | Viet Nam News | August 17, 2010
The objects, unearthed by Viet Nam Archaeology Institute graduates, have been identified as being from the Palaeolithic era (around 20,000 years ago) to Neolithic (3,000-4,000 years ago). They were found at Huoi So, Tua Thang communes and Muong Lay town of Dien Bien District. [...]
Life, death and magic: 2000 years of Southeast Asian ancestral art | 13 August – 31 October 2010 | National Gallery of Australia
Life, death and magic: 2000 years of Southeast Asian ancestral art is the first major exhibition of animist art from Southeast Asia to be held in Australia. The works of art originate from Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan, East Timor, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia and southern China. For thousands of years, communities in these areas have created remarkable art expressing the region’s most ancient and enduring spiritual beliefs and social organisation. The exhibition celebrates the antiquity and continuity of animism as the inspiration for exquisite objects in bronze, stone, wood, gold and fibre. [...]Remnants of a relationship | The Hindu | T.S. Subramanian | Août 19, 2010
Trade and commerce between medieval Tamil and Malay rulers were discussed at a recent meet in Malaysia.
The relationship that existed between the Bujang Valley in the present-day Malaysia and the Pallava and the Chola kingdoms in Tamil Nadu from 5th century Common Era (CE) to 12th century CE came under the spotlight at a recent conference on ‘Bujang Valley and Early Civilisations in South-East Asia,' held at Kuala Lumpur. [...]
Trade and commerce between medieval Tamil and Malay rulers were discussed at a recent meet in Malaysia.
The relationship that existed between the Bujang Valley in the present-day Malaysia and the Pallava and the Chola kingdoms in Tamil Nadu from 5th century Common Era (CE) to 12th century CE came under the spotlight at a recent conference on ‘Bujang Valley and Early Civilisations in South-East Asia,' held at Kuala Lumpur. [...]
Ancient city opens doors for millennial celebration | Thanh Nien News/Lao Dong | August 20, 2010
An area studded with royal palace relics at Thang Long Royal Citadel will be opened to the public during Hanoi’s millennial anniversary in October. [...]
An area studded with royal palace relics at Thang Long Royal Citadel will be opened to the public during Hanoi’s millennial anniversary in October. [...]
Retracing the sailing bravado of Filipino ancestors | Daily Express | August 22, 2010
Kota Kinabalu: They were the first Filipino group to climb Mt Everest from its north face and reach the top not just once but three times! Now they have decided to test their mettle on something equally extraordinary. [...]
Kota Kinabalu: They were the first Filipino group to climb Mt Everest from its north face and reach the top not just once but three times! Now they have decided to test their mettle on something equally extraordinary. [...]
Cabinet Agrees To Make Lenggong Valley in Perak Heritage Site | Bernama | August 25, 2010
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 (Bernama) -- The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Information Communication and Culture Ministry’s plan to make the Lenggong Valley in Perak a World Heritage Site after George Town in Penang and Melaka. [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 (Bernama) -- The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Information Communication and Culture Ministry’s plan to make the Lenggong Valley in Perak a World Heritage Site after George Town in Penang and Melaka. [...]
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