If you recall THIS post on this blog several months ago, you’ll remember that China has recently been funding a full-scale excavation of a submerged Ming dynasty merchant vessel that sank off of the coast of Guangdong nearly 800 years ago.
Well, on December 3rd, Xinhuanet posted that over 2,000 visitors turned up to the [...]
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Update on the 800 year old merchant vessel excavation in Guangdong
Posted in Archaeology, Chinese Archaeology, News Articles of Interest, Ongoing, tagged Merchant Vessel, Ming Dynasty, Museum Opening, Underwater Archaeology on 10/12/2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Giant Buddhas
Posted in Archaeology, General, World Heritage Sites, tagged Bamyan Buddhas, Center for Archaeology, Columbia, Documentary, DVD, Video on 12/11/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Check out THIS 2005 documentary film about the Bamyan Buddhas.
It’s been out for a while, but I figured I’d draw your attention to it, since Columbia University’s Center for Archaeology recently hosted a discussion panel about it. It’s a good introduction to some of the problems facing archaeological sites in Central Asia.
It’s also available [...]
Check this out!
Posted in Academic, Archaeology, Different Perspectives, News Articles of Interest, Off-topic, Opinions, looting, tagged grassroots, Iraq, looting, Mali, New York Times, Peru, Roger Atwood, stealing history on 13/10/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Check out THIS article that was posted in the New York Times this morning about grassroots organizations against looting in Peru, Mali, and Iraq.
It’s a little off topic from the usual fare on this blog, but I think its worthwhile to examine what people in other countries are doing about archaeological site looting.
Plus, the article [...]
Zhoukoudian Locality 1 in danger of collapse!
Posted in Archaeology, China, News Articles of Interest, Preservation, Rescue/Salvage Archaeology, World Heritage Sites, tagged Archaeology, Boston University, Collapse, destruction, Erosion, Excavation, Fire, Hominids, Locality 1, Micromorphology, Paleoanthropology, Paul Goldberg, Peking Man, Rescue, Salvation, World Heritage Site, Zhoukoudian on 25/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
A news article came out today that rescue excavations will commence immediately at the Zhoukoudian Cave Site that is located 50 kilometers SW of Beijing.
According to the report, the excavation will last for 4 months, and is intended not only to shore up a large fracture that has appeared on the ceiling of the cave [...]
800 Year Old Merchant Wreck to be “Excavated”
Posted in Archaeology, Chinese Archaeology, News Articles of Interest, cultural heritage, tagged Excavation, Guangdong, Law, Marine, Museum, Silk Road, Underwater Archaeology on 22/06/2009 | 1 Comment »
On June 21st, China announced that a 3-5 year plan for excavating and studying the remains of a shipwrecked merchant vessel dating to the Song Dynasty shall commence shortly.
The vessel, known as Nanhai No. 1 was a merchant trading vessel that sank off the coast of Guangdong Province.
In 2007, it was successfully pulled from the [...]
[BELATED UPDATE] Terra Cotta Warriors to be excavated for a third time.
Posted in Archaeology, China, News Articles of Interest, Preservation, World Heritage Sites, tagged Excavation, Mausoleum, Preservation, Qin Shihuang, Shaanxi Province, Terracotta Warriors, Tomb, World Heritage Site, Xian on 15/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
A June 10th news post on Xinhua.net has announced that a third excavation shall begin this weekend at the world-famous Qin Terra Cotta Warriors site near the ancient capital of Xian in Shaanxi Province, China. The site is a recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site, which means that it fulfills UNESCO’s criteria for being a shining [...]
Tourists Banned to Preserve Ancient Forest
Posted in Archaeology, China, Chinese Archaeology, News Articles of Interest, Preservation, World Heritage Sites, cultural heritage, tagged Biodiversity, Fujian, Minyue Culture, Mt. Wuyi, Neo-Confucianism, Preservation, Taoism, Tourism, UNESCO, World Heritage, Zhuxi on 02/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Chinese authorities have taken the rare step of banning tourists from a key protection area of the renowned Mount Wuyi on the World Heritage List to better preserve the environment…” was a statement from local authorities in Fuzhou, where Mt. Wuyi, which was named a World Cultural and Natural Heritage site by UNESCO in 1999, [...]
