Cempaka Culture and Tourism: Old Town site excavation ruins artifacts

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Old Town site excavation ruins artifacts

Anissa S. Febrina, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Excavation during the construction of a pedestrian tunnel in Old Town, West Jakarta, has destroyed artifacts and hampered historical analysis, an archaeologist said Thursday.

"The cultural and museum agency should have been informed about the excavation at the Old Town site... a permit should have been sought before the project began," University of Indonesia professor of archaeology Mundardjito said.

"Digging beneath a historical site without an excavation permit is illegal," he said.

Late last year, workers who were excavating at the Old Town site -- to make way for a western entrance to the pedestrian tunnel in front of Bank Mandiri Museum -- found an old tram track, timber poles, terra-cotta pipes and a thick brick and andesite wall.

A preliminary analysis carried out by the agency's archaeological team revealed the wall position did not match that of the old city wall.

According to the team, the old city wall was a leaning structure, while the wall uncovered during excavation stood erect.

But since the structure was found near the possible location of the old city wall, experts and heritage buffs assumed it was part of the old wall. Further research was conducted.

A terra-cotta pipe, found several meters from the underground wall, was identified as resembling the pipes used in Banten's water purification system during the 18th century.

Similar pipes were later found inside the Bank Indonesia Museum.

According to Mundardjito, anything found buried in the vicinity of the old city wall area is worth analyzing.

"A Dutch map was not drawn to scale, so it is difficult to determine where the exact location of the wall is," he said.

It takes meticulous calculations to determine a suitable spot for excavation.

For archaeologists, he said, it was important to know what was found in which location, to be able to build a contextual historical analysis.

Unfortunately, the old buried structure, and other artifacts found during the construction of the pedestrian tunnel, have been removed from the site.

A source close to the agency confirmed there was no archaeological study conducted before the tunnel project began.

The project was led by the Jakarta Transportation Agency. Projects involving an official heritage site should involve the cultural and museum agency, Aurora said.