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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Monday, November 24, 2025
We are pleased to announce that this year's ACCU Nara international conference, "Conservation and Interpretation of Archaeological Sites and Authenticity: Approaches to 'Reconstruction' through Asia's Diverse Practices and Rationales," will be held on December 17–18, 2025. The conference will bring together practitioners and researchers from across Asia to discuss emerging approaches to archaeological site conservation, interpretation, and the reconstruction of architectural remains. This year's event will be held in a hybrid format, with both in-person participation in Nara and simultaneous online streaming. As this year's theme, like last year's conference you spoke at, also touches on authenticity, we would be most grateful if you could help us share this announcement with colleagues, students, and networks who may be interested in the themes of archaeological site management, authenticity, and reconstruction practices. Please kindly see attached flyer and below details.
Title: Conservation and Interpretation of Archaeological Sites and Authenticity: Approaches to 'Reconstruction' through Asia's Diverse Practices and Rationales Dates and Times: - December 17, 2025 (Wednesday), 14:00–17:00
- December 18, 2025 (Thursday), 9:30–17:00
Registration link & Deadline: https://event.nara.jp/entry/sviVeFz
December 14 (Sunday) Conference Languages:
English and Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)
Please feel free to forward us any inquiries and thank you so much in advance! Sincerely, ****************************************** 
Cultural Heritage Protection Cooperation Office, Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU Nara) Nara Prefecture Historical and Artistic Culture Complex, Restorations and Exhibition Wing 2F; 437-3, Somanouchi-cho, Tenri, 632-0032, Japan TEL: +81-743-69-5010 E-mail: nara@accu.or.jp This electronic email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.
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Garry Law 31 Lansell Drive, Dannemora, Auckland 2016
+64 27 5665 764 (Mobile) Chair Engineering New Zealand Engineering Heritage Board, Te Ao Rangahau. See here.
Sunday, November 23, 2025
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Thursday, November 20, 2025
UNE archaeology and history researchers have secured a $527,703 Australian Research Council Discovery Grant to uncover the hidden history of Australia's second British colony: Norfolk Island, 1788–1814. The study is a collaboration between UNE researchers Professor Martin Gibbs, Professor David Roberts, and Dr Richard Tuffin, researchers from The University of Queensland and University of Southern Queensland - Australia, and industry partner Kingston and Arthur Vale Historic Site Authority. "It is getting more difficult to win ARC [Australian Research Council] grants, especially as a regional university competing with the big, metropolitan and 'Group of 8' applications," said Professor Martin Gibbs, lead researcher on the project. "We are very grateful for this opportunity to promote UNE research and researchers." Read more about the study here: https://bit.ly/43CJNHM #AustralianArchaeology #convict #ConvictHistory #AustralianHistory #UNEHumanities #NorfolkIsland #AustralianConvicts Norfolk Island Tourism Norfolk Island Museum UNE Archaeology
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Christchurch Archaeology Project Today we launched "Lyttelton Stories: exploring local history through the eyes of tamariki"!
Garry Law 31 Lansell Drive, Dannemora, Auckland 2016
+64 27 5665 764 (Mobile) Chair Engineering New Zealand Engineering Heritage Board, Te Ao Rangahau. See here. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Peter Holmes <peterdholmes@xtra.co.nz>Date: Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM Subject: Archaeologists May Have Found the Lost Iron City of the Silk Road in the Remote Highlands of Uzbekistan To: Garry Law < glawnz@gmail.com> Researchers are uncovering what they think is the metropolis of Marsmanda, an iron-making city that could rewrite the history of the famed trade route.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
MFC | Archaeological preservation of Māori rock art including wider knowledge building and tourism opportunities | Dr PM Novis | PI | Bioeconomy Science Institute | $3,000,000 | | | | | Ms AJ Symon | PI | Ngāi Tahu Māori Rock Art Trust | | | | | | Mr DR Austin | AI | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | | | | | | Associate Professor SE Favero-Longo | AI | University of Turin | | | | | | Professor KC Gordon | AI | University of Otago | | | | | | Dr JA Huntley | AI | Griffith University | | | | | | Dr JE Hunt | AI | Bioeconomy Science Institute | | | | | | Dr KJ Mitchell | AI | Bioeconomy Science Institute | | | | | | Dr MW Sagar | AI | Earth Sciences New Zealand | | | | | | Associate Professor JM Wilmshurst | AI | Bioeconomy Science Institute | |
Monday, November 17, 2025
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Peter Holmes <peterdholmes@xtra.co.nz>Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 at 11:17 AM Subject: Archaeologists uncover oldest and largest Maya monument built to represent the cosmos To: Garry Law < glawnz@gmail.com> Until recently, Aguada Fénix had lain hidden beneath the fields and forests of southeastern Mexico for millennia. The vast earthen platform, built more than 3,000 years ago, represents the oldest and largest monumental structure known in the Maya region, placing it almost a millennium before cities such as Tikal and Teotihuacán in age and rivaling both in scale. Discovered in 2020 by a University of Arizona team led by Takeshi Inomata and Daniela Triadan using LiDAR technology, the site stretches nearly a mile long, a quarter of a mile wide, and rises up to 50 feet high. The LiDAR scans also revealed hundreds of smaller but related sites scattered across Tabasco's landscape, suggesting a thriving cultural network at the dawn of Maya civilization.
Sunday, November 16, 2025
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Peter Holmes <peterdholmes@xtra.co.nz>Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 at 10:35 AM Subject: 2,000-Year-Old Egyptian Ceramic Vessel Found in Ancient Pompeiian Canteen To: Garry Law < glawnz@gmail.com> A nearly 2,000-year-old ceramic vessel from Egypt has been found at the archeological site of Pompeii, the Roman cityburied under volcanic ash and pumice when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. The discovery, published by the Pompeii Archaeological Park's online journal, offers a window into Egyptian influence on Roman culture of the time. The vessel, a bucket-shaped container called a situla, was uncovered during the conservation of the Thermopolium of Regio V, once located in a working- and middle-class area of the city. Thermopolia were essentially fast-food restaurants where the non-elite Romans could purchase drinks and hot meals to consume outside. More than 80 thermopolia have been found in Pompeii alone.
Friday, November 14, 2025
Garry Law 31 Lansell Drive, Dannemora, Auckland 2016
+64 27 5665 764 (Mobile) Chair Engineering New Zealand Engineering Heritage Board, Te Ao Rangahau. See here. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Peter Holmes <peterdholmes@xtra.co.nz>Date: Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM Subject: Drone Mapping Offers Insight into Peru's "Band of Holes" To: Garry Law < glawnz@gmail.com> According to a statement released by the University of Sydney, a team of researchers led by digital archaeologist Jacob Bongers has mapped the more than 5,000 aligned holes on Monte Sierpe in southern Peru's Pisco Valley with drone technology. They found that the arrangement of the so-called "Band of Holes" is similar to at least one Inca khipu, an accounting device made of knotted string, discovered in the same valley.
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