Yesterday, British blogger Ed Yong put out a call in cyberspace asking science writers to fess up publicly to how they had arrived at their chosen line of work. As you can see over at Not Exactly Rocket Science, dozens of my colleagues began instantly pounding their keyboards: within 9 hours, Yong had 49 responses. [...]
The Phnom Penh Post features an unusual form of conservation going on at the Bakong in Angkor – that of 19th and 20th century Buddhhist paintings on the walls of working monasteries. Restoring history through art Phnom Penh, 16 July 2010 While almost all of the restoration at the Angkor temples revolves around the ancient [...]
Nhan Dan news reports to separate finds from Vietnam’s Quang Ngai Province. Sa Huynh artefacts, ancient Cham tower found in central Vietnam Nhan Dan, 06 July 2010 Thousands of objects belonging to the Sa Huynh culture from 2,500-3,000 years ago have been discovered during excavations in the Ma Vuong Mound in Pho Thach commune, Duc [...]
First a confession. As an avid reader of all things archaeological, I love it when archaeologists lay down the trowel, clamber out of the trench, and venture into the public arena to talk sans jargon about what they are doing, why they are doing it, and what kinds of trouble and/or joy they had along [...]
I received a press release a few days ago announcing that the Getty Museum was now displaying a 5th-century B.C. krater, a vessel used for mixing wine and water, on loan from the Agrigento regional museum in Sicily. If you’ve followed the “antiquities wars” closely over the past years, you’ll understand the importance of this. [...]