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Promotion of Archaeology in Singapore |
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The archeological findings in Singapore started back from 1984. It was Dr. John Miksic who excavated Fort Canning and unearthed several antique artifacts providing a light of the early culture and history of Singapore. With time a large number of excavations have been undertaken in several sites like Fort Tanjong Katon, St. Andrew's Cathedral, Istana Kampong Galam, Fort Canning, Padang, Colombo Court, Saint John's Island, Singapore Management University Campus, Duxton Hill and Old Parliament House. Promotion of archeology in Singapore is necessary to acquaint the local natives about the country's early lifestyle and culture and relation with other Asian countries during the historic times.
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Moreover promotion of archeology in Singapore will facilitate students and researchers of history to carry on valuable studies and researches to explore the routes of this ancient city and shed light on the country's cultural heritage. But still there exists certain problems related to archaeology in Singapore that need to be removed for development of archaeology and related aspects in Singapore.
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One of the major problems related to archaeology is the absence of state or government archaeologists. There is no rule of employing state archaeologist in the country. Due to lack of government support there is no proper place to preserve and take care of the archeological artifacts. The excavated stuffs are stored here and there in community clubs, storehouses or local offices that took part in the excavations. There is also no legislation requiring official authorizations of the archeologists before undertaking an excavation venture.
It is the National University of Singapore that has showed efforts for promotion of archeology in Singapore.
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The university has started a course entitled "History of Singapore before the Landing of Raffles" that provides comprehensive insight on the history and archeology of Singapore. Nowadays conferences, public meets on archeology related aspects are held profusely to encourage the general mass to develop interest in archeology and history. Joint researches are organized by the archeologists and National Parks Board for advancement of archeology in Singapore.
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