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Ancient lintels coming home
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 26/03/2021
» Two ancient lintels believed stolen and put on display at a US museum are to be returned to Thailand next month, Fine Arts Department chief Prateep Pengtako said.
Activists threaten lawsuit over blasting at fresco site
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 21/03/2020
» A southern conservation network yesterday threatened to take the Fine Arts Department to court unless it restored the Khao Yala conservation zone in Yala province to protect its ancient cave paintings from industrial rock blasting.
Heritage neglect lets Si Thep down
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 09/03/2019
» Recent news reports about an oil exploration project which is a just a stone's throw away from Si Thep historical park in Phetchabun has shocked the Thai people. The project, if it isn't shot down, may dim the hopes of the site becoming a Unesco world heritage site. PLOENPOTE ATTHAKOR talks to well-respected scholar Phuthorn Bhumadhon about the hot topic.
Evaluation of Mahakan Fort houses under way
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 06/05/2017
» The evaluation of old houses in the Mahakan community under five criteria is well under way, community leader Tawatchai Voramahakun said on Friday.
Another artifact at US museum 'may have been stolen'
Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/08/2016
» Another ancient artifact, believed to have been smuggled out of temple ruins in Buri Ram, is being exhibited at the Chong-Moon Lee Centre for Asian Art and Culture in San Francisco, according to a local conservation group.
Expert points to old trick to reclaim lintel from US
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 24/08/2016
» Thailand should employ the same tactic that enabled the country to successfully reclaim the famous reclining Vishnu lintel from the US in the 1980s in pressing for the return of an ancient artifact now on display at a San Francisco museum, fine arts expert Sahawat Naenna says.
Action urged for Yama lintel return
Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 23/08/2016
» Thailand should employ the same tactic that enabled the country to successfully reclaim the famous reclining Vishnu lintel from the US in the 1980s in pressing for the return of an ancient artefact now on display at a San Francisco museum, a Fine Arts expert Sahawat Naenna said.
Fight to save Mahakan grows
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 20/03/2016
» Young entrepreneurs have joined forces with the Mahakan Fort community in their fight against an eviction plan drafted by City Hall that will see residential land turned into a public park.
Ministry scraps museum merger plan after protests
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 13/05/2015
» The Culture Ministry has abandoned a plan to merge the National Museum Nakhon Pathom with U Thong museum in adjacent Suphan Buri province after local resistance, permanent secretary for culture Apinan Poshyanand said yesterday.
Tomb raid unearths antique amulets
News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 23/06/2014
» More than a dozen antique amulets have been found near the excavation site of what is believed to be the tomb of an Ayutthaya king in Myanmar.