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some pictures from the Sungai Batu, Lembah Bujang excavations

In the field

Today is my second day of excavation. I am at a site called Sungai Batu in Kedah, nearby Bujang Valley. Preliminary interpretation tentatively determined the site to be an iron smelting factory or workshop. Because work is still in progress and with reports so far unpublished, i guess that is the only thing i can [...]

Archaeology in art

Archaeological sites are good photography subjects. Being a photography enthusiast myself, I have seen many beautiful and artsy images of well-known archaeological sites, such as the Pyramids in Egpyt, the Stonehenge, Machu Picchu, Angkor Wat and Borobodur, just to name a few. Those who read the National Geographic magazine, for example, will be used to [...]

Recent archaeological finds in Bujang Valley

Excavations conducted by the Centre for Global Archaeological Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia at a protohistoric site in Sungai Batu have revealed evidence of a smelting factory. The site has been dated to the third or fourth century AD. Read more at these links:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/5/nation/20090305075838&sec=nation
http://kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2009&dt=0305&pub=Kosmo&sec=Negara&pg=ne_01.htm
http://nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/2496538/Article/index_html

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 [...]

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 [...]