Prambanan threatened by mudflow from recent rains
Recent heavy rains experienced in central Java may cause ash and rock to collect in the Opak River, which runs ...
Tag: disasters
Mainly about natural disasters (floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, etc.), but can also refer to man-made disasters (e.g. fire) and other catastrophic events that affect archaeological sites in Southeast Asia.
See also: 2011 Thailand Flood, 2016 Myanmar Earthquake
A cleaned-up Borobudur to be ready by new year
The head of the Borobudur Heritage Conservation Association reports that the cleanup of the ancient monument will be completed in ...
Repair bill from Thai floods hits US$20 million
The cost of repair to historic and archaeological sites from damage caused by the recent floods in Thailand are set ...
Racing against time to clean up Borobudur
Authorities make the best with what they have in the cleanup of Borobudur from corrosive volcanic ash and the race ...
Plastic wrap to Boroudur's rescue!
Well, not exactly plastic wrap in the sense of the stuff you find in the kitchen. The latest plan to ...
Volcanic ashfall covers parts of Borobudur
Volcanic ash from the eruption of Mt Merapi earlier this week has coated Borobudur in white; the authorities have closed ...
Toba's eruption provides snapshot to life in India 74,000 years ago
Archaeologist have a developed a clearer picture of what life in India was like, 74,000 years ago before and after ...
Will funds for repair get to this pagoda before it collapses?
A 700-year-old pagoda just outside of Hanoi is on the verge of collapsing, and is awaiting funds for repairs. The ...
Combination of stresses led to fall of Angkor
It wasn't the silting up of the canals, or the rapid deforestation to make way for the urban complex, or ...
Myanmar Pagoda collapses
An ancient structure at the southern border of the capital Yangon, the Danok Pagoda, collapsed on Saturday injuring at least ...
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