Elephant Looping Ceremony
The Elephant Looping Ceremony is an ancient ceremony performed solely by order of a monarch. The Department of Elephant Affairs and the Senior Brahmins at court were responsible for this royal command ceremony which started with allowing a herd of wild elephants to stay temporarily in an area annex
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Manual for Mangrove Species
The following are plant species found in the area of the Mangrove Resources Development Station 2 Ban Tha Sorn, Chathaburi, to be used as a manual for tourists and visitors to go explore the mangrove forests, and to get a better understanding of the different species available. Rhizophora apicula
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Historical Record of Dinosaur Fossil Excavation at Phu Wiang
The first discovery of dinosaur fossils in Thailand was made in 1976 when the Department of Mineral Resources (Thailand) sent out a geological team to conduct a uranium survey in Phu Wiang District, Khon Kaen Province. The team discovered a large piece of fossilised bone at Pratu Ti Ma on the West
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Journey through the Geologic Time Scale
Within the initial part of the exhibition at the Sirindhorn Museum, we will see a large Geological Time Scale in a rectangular grid engraved on the exhibition floor. The Geological Time Scale is a system of chronological measurement that relates stratigraphy to time and is used by scientists and pal
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