Science: Archaeology: Regional: Asia: Vietnam

An overview of Viet Nam prehistory with timeline and images.

Dong Son bronze drum locations, construction processes, uses, the Ngoc Lu Drum, and bibliography.

Yahoo Group. The ancient Vietnamese Dong Son Culture had a great Bronze Age that coincided with the Han Chinese Empire.

From BBC, a massive archaeological find has delayed the construction of Vietnam's first ever purpose-built parliament house.

From VNA, discovery of mummified monks in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Ha Tay has amazed scientists and researchers alike, prompting them to study the secret technique that has kept these bodies intact.

From Vietnam News, archaeologists have uncovered artefacts in Cat Tien, in the Tay Nguyen province of Lam Dong, which reveal new information about the trade history between Viet Nam and countries as distant as the Middle East.

A bibliography on the Dong Son Bronze Age culture of Vietnam.

Hue's age-old past, its symbolic place in Vietnamese history and its architectural treasures give it a culturaI influence far beyond the borders of Viet Nam.

From VNS, skeletons thought to be from a civilisation that lived around Ha Long 4,000 years ago were uncovered by archaeologists excavating the Hon HaiCo Tien cave, about 140km east of Ha Noi.