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Trafficked antiques to be brought home
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/11/2024
» Antiques from the 3,000-year-old Ban Chiang World Heritage Site are scheduled to be returned to Thailand next week to mark the International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property.
NACC suspects 3 police of being 'unusually rich'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/08/2024
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has accused a former chief of the Marine Police Division and two other senior police officers of being "unusually rich".
Archaeological site in Korat gets support
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 16/06/2024
» Further archaeological excavation will be undertaken at a site where three ancient human skeletons were found in downtown Muang district of Nakhon Ratchasima late last month, says the Culture Ministry.
'Golden Boy' draws crowds
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/05/2024
» Thais and foreigners flocked to the National Museum Bangkok on Wednesday to see the 900-year-old "Golden Boy" statue that was repatriated recently after having been smuggled out of the country in 1975 by notorious art dealer Douglas Latchford.
Met to return 2 looted bronze statues
News, Onnucha Hutasingh, Published on 27/04/2024
» The Ministry of Culture has sent a representative to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to inspect two artefacts before they are returned to Thailand, according to Culture Minister Sermsak Pongpanit.
Rail work suspended after ancient relics found
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/04/2024
» The Fine Arts Department has ordered the suspension of construction of the Den Chai-Chiang Khong railway in tambon Toong Kwao of Phrae's Muang district after the discovery of ancient artefacts aged between 400 and 500 years in the construction site.
'Tourist overload' at Si Thep
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/09/2023
» The Thai delegation has raised concerns that Si Thep Historical Park in Phetchabun province is ill-prepared to accommodate an expected influx of tourists after Unesco listed it as a World Heritage Site (WHS) this week.
Would you trust your marbles with these people?
News, Matthew Brooker, Published on 09/09/2023
» One of the great attractions of living in London is its world-class museums, which offer generally free access to immense quantities of cultural relics from across the globe. Those arriving in the British capital might want to visit sooner rather than later. Before too long, some of those collections might start to shrink.
Dig uncovers four stone lintels at Hindu temple
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 15/07/2023
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Four stone lintels carved in the Old Khmer style dating back to the 11th or 12th century have been found at an archaeological site in Prasat Ban Bu Yai in this northeastern province.
Temple’s bid to save old cannons fails
News, Nujaree Rakrun, Published on 13/07/2023
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Contractors are proceeding with dismantling century-old cannons at Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan in this southern province despite the temple’s order to halt the process until the Fine Arts Department (FAD) has conducted an inspection.