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Annabel Gallop

In images: On his travels through Siam, explorer Carl Bock collected a trove of cultural artefacts

Apart from various objects, the Norwegian reportedly took back a girl who he believed was the ‘missing link’ in human evolution.

Annabel Gallop
· Nov 28, 2022 · 09:30 pm
Glimpses from the rare ‘Menak Amir Hamza’, the Javanese version of the epic on the Prophet’s uncle

This is the Indonesian version of the widely known ‘Hamzanama’.

Annabel Gallop
· Oct 20, 2018 · 08:30 pm
What Malay works from Patani tell us about the literary and cultural heritage of Southeast Asia

Patani, located on the northeast coast of the Malay peninsula, has long been renowned as a centre for Islamic learning.

Annabel Gallop
· Aug 06, 2017 · 08:30 pm