Prambanan Temples still not yet recovered from last year's earthquake
UNESCO says that the Prambanan Temples of Java, damaged during the 2006 earthquake, will need at least another five years ...
Tag: Java (island)
The most populous island in Indonesia and home to the country’s capital, Jakarta. Notable archaeological sites include the Sangiran Early Man site, Borobudur, and the Prambanan temples.
The Many Places of Singapura – Part 2
We saw in the first installment of The Many Places of Singapura that the ‘Lion City’ (Singha-Pura) first existed in ...
After the crocodile, comes a mammoth
In the heels of the fossil crocodile find near the Sangiran site, a fossil of a mammoth is found.
Preserving Borobudur's legacy beyond bricks and mortar
24 April 2007 (Jakarta Post) - This news is related to the earlier post about the visual art exhibition on ...
Prehistoric croc fossil found in Central Java
The fossil of a prehistoric crocodile has been found in Sangiran, already famous for being the site of the discovery ...
Art exhibition showcases Borobudur
The greatest Buddhist monument on the face of the earth becomes the subject of a visual art exhibition to held ...
Kediri archeological discovery offers clues on ancient kingdom
I've just been reading about the Kadiri (Kediri) kingdom, which existed between the 11 and 13 centuries. King Prabu Joyoboyo ...
Dream leads miner to ‘artifacts’
A dream leads an Indonesian man to unearth a one-metre tall statue of Brahma in East Java, leading to frenzied ...
Down on their luck, farmers turn gold diggers
Indonesian farmers turn to treasue hunting in times of drought to raise money, oblivious to the archaeological value of the ...
Sites tell of prehistoric societies
A short archaeological overview of Karawang, a city east of Jakarta.
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