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July 2011 Archeology - Asia and the South Pacific
« on: July 02, 2011, 08:55:44 pm »
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Interesting computer approach to deciphering the Indus script:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/punctuated-equilibrium/2011/jun/30/2

Australia
Australia ponders 1788:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/8607157/Why-were-debating-1788-and-all-that.html

China
More than a hundred well-preserved burials from Henan:
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7421666.html

I think this is the same Ming Dynasty shipwreck we mentioned last week:
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/867863-divers-find-43million-worth-of-ming-dynasty-pottery-on-shipwreck

India
Very valuable treasure found in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13994351

Pakistan
A pile of 2000 years b.p. objects found during excavations at a stupa near Taxila:
http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-19634.html

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Re: July 2011 Archeology - Asia and the South Pacific
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2011, 10:57:54 am »
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Cambodia
They've finished taking apart and reassembling a temple at Angkor:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14005258

India
They're finding even more treasure at that temple in India:
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/07/04/a-kerala-temples-indiana-jones-moment/

... and asking questions about it:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/SC-wants-to-know-source-of-Kerala-temple-treasure/Article1-717935.aspx
 
... and looking for a curator:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=137600083
 
... and arguing about who owns it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/09/world/asia/09temple.html
 
... and making lists of the 'top five treasures from around the world':
http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-top-five-treasures-from-around-the-world/20110707.htm

In case you missed some of the initial coverage:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/07/06/137627235/some-22-billion-in-gold-diamonds-jewels-found-in-indian-temple
 
Palm leaf manuscripts of unspecified date turn up during gym construction near Puducherry:
http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-21097.html

Vietnam
Ten 3000 years b.p. tombs from Viet Nam's Quang Ngai province:
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Life-Style/213006/3000-year-old-artefacts-unearthed-.html

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Re: July 2011 Archeology - Asia and the South Pacific
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2011, 12:14:29 pm »
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Afghanistan
Archaeologists are scrambling to save as many artifacts as they can before mining begins at a site in Afghanistan:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-afghan-archeology-20110712,0,1385452.story

Australia
A report on some preserved fruit found a while ago in a shipwreck off Australia:
http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2011/07/150-year-old-preserved-fruit-from-shipwreck.html

India
They're still arguing about that temple treasure from Kerala:
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=446261&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22

Vietnam
Sand mining threatens an eighth century tower in Dac Lac:
http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/Life-Style/213204/Sand-mining-threatens-ancient-Cham-tower-.html

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Re: July 2011 Archeology - Asia and the South Pacific
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2011, 10:54:38 am »
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China
An ancient battlefield canteen from Shanxi:
http://in.news.yahoo.com/ancient-battlefield-canteen-found-china-115035140.html

Korea
On the antiquity of the Korean surname 'Kim':
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-common-korean-surname-tale-nationhood.html

Laos
A possible 2000 years b.p. burial from Vientiane:
http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20110731-291950.html

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