The MAHS documents endangered heritage in the Maldives, Indonesia, and Thailand.
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The MAHS team continues its work documenting archaeological and historic sites across the Maldives. Recent work at the Bandhidhoo Old Mosque in Dhaalu Atoll digitally recorded its architectural style and details of its Arabic calligraphy.
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Snapshot: MAHS Maldives Survey Highlights
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Heritage documentation in Aceh Tamiang, Indonesia— from cemeteries and vernacular buildings to the prehistoric site of Bukit Kerang
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Maritime Asia Heritage Survey retweeted
The Disaster and Conflict Resilient Heritage exhibition is now open, featuring data from @AsiaSurvey!
🗓️ April 27–30, 2025
🕔 10 AM–5 PM
📍 National Museum
Exhibition entry is FREE!
The National Museum will be open during exhibition hours — museum entry requires a ticket.
Marking World Heritage Day, the Disaster and Conflict Resilient Heritage exhibition featuring data from the @AsiaSurvey — runs April 27–30, 2025 at the National Museum.
The Museum will be open to the public from 10:00 AM–5:00 PM with ticket entry.
Ramadan Mubarak from the MAHS!
We welcome you to make a virtual visit to Baa Miskiyy – an eighteenth-century coralstone mosque on the island of Meedhoo in Raa Atoll, Maldives: skfb.ly/pusZU via @sketchfab
New digital documentation of rock art at the Phaya Nak ‘Viking Cave’ by the MAHS Thailand Field Team featuring depictions of various kinds of boats ranging from Chinese ‘junks’ to lateen-rigged schooners.
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Maritime Asia Heritage Survey retweeted
Join MAHS Seminar @AsiaSurvey: "Better Living Samut Songkram" by Kreangkrai Kirdsiri and Isarachai Buranaut. Wednesday, February 19, 16:00-17:30. In-person only event at Inamori Center 201. No registration is required. Learn more: kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en…
The MAHS Maldives Field Team has been collaborating with @HeritageMv @DhivehiEkedamee and @SainsburyRUnit on an archaeological excavation at K. Kaashidhoo. The artifacts found offer insight into the early history of habitation on this Maldivian island.
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MAHS Thailand team documented a cemetery belonging to the Sanuputra family, a royal clan that once ruled Satun.
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The MAHS Indonesia Team worked at Lewolema (Flores Timur, Nusa Tenggara Timur) where they documented a traditional wooden house (Koke) and a stone ritual enclosure containing a menhir.
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Maritime Asia Heritage Survey retweeted
Meet Our People. Interview with R. Michael Feener in Japanese @AsiaSurvey: www-archive.cseas.kyoto-u.ac…
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Maritime Asia Heritage Survey retweeted
From the closing ceremony of the collaborative archaeological research excavation at K. Kaashidhoo (12–24 Jan 2025), led by the University of East Anglia, Maritime Asia Heritage Survey, National Centre for Cultural Heritage, & Dhivehi Language Academy.
The MAHS Maldives Team documented Bodu Ziyaaraiyy on Gan, Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll. Accelerating coastal erosion threatens the survival of this and other important heritage sites on the island.
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MAHS Thailand is working with the Folklore Museum and the Institute for Southern Thai Studies to document a collection of Kris representing maritime cultural ties in the Malay world.
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"The wooden thatched house in Atu Walupang, Lembata Island serves as a storage place for whale bones, a practice deeply rooted in ancestral tradition.
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MAHS Thailand surveyed Wat Khian Bang Kaeo in Phutthalung province. The site contains artifacts such as small Buddha images and a Yoni base, highlighting the coexistence of Buddhism and Hinduism dating back to the Ayutthaya period onwards.
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The MAHS Maldives field team recently documented a remarkable personal collection of Maldivian medical manuscripts in Gdh.Gahdhoo.Immediate preservation measures are needed to prevent further deterioration of these rare and delicate manuscripts
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The sacred tombs are located in Aliuroba Village on Lembata Island, Indonesia. The village, nestled on a hillside with terraced structures, has been abandoned since the early 20th century.
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The MAHS Thailand team is documenting the mural paintings in the Ubosot of Wat Matchimawat in Songkhla province. These murals are unique traditional Thai visual arts created using the tempera color technique from the mid-19th century.
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