Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon
This ancient temple was built in the early Ayutthaya period. From the Royal Chronicles, the original name was Wat Pa Kaeo or Wat Chao Thai (The Temple of the Crystal Forest and the Supreme Patriarch). The two princes of Ayutthaya, Chao Kaeo and Chao Thai, the two sons of King U-thong died of cholera
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The Brahminy Kite
Known as the “Red-backed White-necked Eagle” by the locals in the Welu River estuary, these birds have a common name called “Brahminy Kites”. The Brahminy Kite is a medium-sized bird of prey. Female adults are bigger than the male adults. The length of a female when measured from its beak to the ta
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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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