The Relic Hunters

It has taken decades to excavate the Batujaya temples in Rengasdengklok, an important site that reveals details of life in the Tarumanegara period.

June 24, 2003

We found something, we found something! The loud and high-charged cry broke through the air in Batujaya Village, Rengasdengklok, West Java, one scorching afternoon. Dozens of people rushed to the location. There, in the middle of an earth mound, five workmen were putting down their shovels. If we have found something, we have to stop and wait for further instruction, one of them said.

Hasan Djafar, senior archeologist supervising the excavation si

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