Angkor Code of Conduct video
The APSARA Authority launches an entertaining public service announcement video about what tourists shouldn't do when visiting the temples of ...
Tag: monks
Persons who practice a religious ascetic lifestyle. In Southeast Asia, often refers to Buddhist monks but other religions have monks too.
Code of conduct for Angkor tourists introduced
Besides the new opening times at Angkor, a new code of conduct for tourists has just been published, in time ...
Bangkok temple in controversy over tearing down archaeological structures
A conflict is brewing between the monks at Wat Kalayanamit in Bangkok and the Thai Fine Arts Department over the ...
Training monks to take care of heritage in temples
A large number of Thai cultural heritage is kept in Buddhist temples, so it makes sense for the Thai Fine ...
Rock art and sacred sites in Mainland Southeast Asia
Starting off the week with a post about what I've been up to the last six weeks - I've been ...
Sri Lanka marks 1600th anniversary of Fa-hsien's visit
In the run-up to Vesak Day happening later this week, The Sri Lanka-China Society is commemorating the 1600th anniversary of ...
Politics of archaeology: The case of Sri Lanka
This interesting article from The Times underscores the politics of archaeology in Sri Lanka and the conflict between the ethnic ...
Public Lecture: 'Bian-hong: Mastermind of Borobudur?'
The Asian Civilisations Museum hosts a public lecture by Hiram Woodward about Borobudur and the hypothesis of a Javanese Monk ...
Botched work mar Ayutthaya restoration
Reports of shoddy restoration work at the World Heritage Site of Ayutthaya due to the action on inexperienced contractors. photo ...
The mystery of the Vietnamese mummies
24 November 2007 (Vietnam Net Bridge) - The Vietnam Archaeology Institute take on the conservation of two 300-year-old preserved bodies ...
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