Scientists meet to save Lascaux cave from fungus (from AP)

By JENNY BARCHFIELD, Associated Press Writer Jenny Barchfield, Associated Press Writer – Thu Feb 26, 4:57 pm ET

PARIS – Geologists, biologists and other scientists convened Thursday in Paris to discuss how to stop the spread of fungus stains — aggravated by global warming — that threaten France’s prehistoric Lascaux cave drawings.
Black stains have spread across the cave’s prehistoric murals [...]

A tale of two cemeteries

The Jewish cemetery and the Anglican cemetery in Penang are two historical places that should be on every local or foreign tourist must-visit list. The former, established in 1805, is one the few remaining, and public, evidence of a small yet thriving Jewish community in Penang once upon a time (now, how many actually knew [...]

Centre for Archaeological Research Malaysia…no longer

Yesterday, the Centre for Archaeological Research Malaysia at Universiti Sains Malaysia was renamed the Centre for Global Archaeological Research by the Minister of Higher Education of Malaysia, Dato’ Seri Khaled Nordin.
And the good news is, Dato’ Seri Khaled Nordin has announced a funding of RM 10 million for the Centre for Global Archaeological Research.

Out-of-Africa Theory of ancient human migration being challenged by discovery of 1.8 million-year-old hand axe in Malaysia

The discovery of the supposedly 1.8 million-year-old hand axe in Lenggong, Perak (see previous postings in this blog) has generated  a lot of interest among the archaeological circle worldwide. The reason being, if the hand axe is indeed as old as it is claimed to be, then the Out-of Africa ancient human migration model will [...]

BBC NEWS | Americas | Artefact finds from ‘dawn of man’

Here is the BBC news video about the recently discovered 1.8 million-year-old hand axe in Malaysia. The so-called “unnamed scientist” (on BBC’s website) in the video is Dr. Mokhtar Saidin, the Director of the Centre for Archaeological Research Malaysia at Universiti Sains Malaysia.

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Latest archaeological discovery in Malaysia

Here’s a start to this blog. Last night, watching BBC news caught me by suprise. It was my first time watching a report on Malaysian archaeology in an international news channel. Perhaps, it might not be the first time that this (Malaysian archaeology in an international news broadcast) ever happened. After all, Malaysia has produced [...]