Comments on: The Most Stunning Collection of Pre-Spanish Era Gold Artifacts

By: arthur

arthur — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:43:14 +0000

To learn all about this surigao treasures and treasures and the sad stories about it, try to view the probe of che che lazaro about this artifacts and you will be amazed yet feel disappointing how greedy the people are.

By: ej

ej — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:49:17 +0000

kailan pa ba makikita ng buong pilipinas ang mga artifactcs sa surigao

By: baby

baby — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:04:54 +0000

kung pupunta ba sa maga(Museum) doon kailangan bang nakpolo(formal) o pwedeng t-shirt at jeans. sorry di pa ako kasi ako nakapupunta ng museum e. sana makita ko rin

By: jerome sebastian portuguese

jerome sebastian portuguese — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:59:08 +0000

im proud to be a surigaonon as well as a filipino…the artifacts dated 10th to 13th century found in surigao proves that we have our own culture and identity to be proud of…

By: becco esquieres empleo

becco esquieres empleo — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:49:03 +0000

As a Hispano Filipino, we have reserved heirloom artifacts and history from our Spanish and even Chinese predecessors, but only a few or none of our Naturales de Tagala, (native tagalong) which makes at least 60% of being a Hispano Filipino. The collection re-discovers my identity of being a Naturales, and proud of my Moreno skin, the color of antiquity whose identity has been lost, and now, re-discovered.

Salut to the Naturales!

By: charlane

charlane — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:40:14 +0000

nice artworks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehehehehehehehehe it just show ho great filipinos are..

By: julius fermin

julius fermin — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:06:31 +0000

yeah, it so amazing, we have just gone there last friday for our field trip and I was like shocked when i saw the designs of the gold necklace, the the design are elaborate and exquisite.

By: Kean

Kean — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:46:44 +0000

I had my first encounter with this rare Philippine treasures when i saw it in ABS-CBN program. Where in they featured this things. To tell you the truth not only goosebump did i get when i saw them but rather i almost cried out loud. I am proud of being filipino once more. We should be proud of what we had in this country. Truly a country full of treasures, hidden or not hidden.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:38:22 +0000

surigaonon, yes, I suppose, if you could trace your ancestry 9 centuries back to the same areas in which some of these artifacts were found, then I would agree you would feel it “belongs to you”. But frankly, it probably belonged a few wealthy locals and you would have to be a direct descendant of theirs to feel ownership. In the same manner that treasures in Greece and Egypt were owned by individuals and not political states. However, I should be very clear that this is NOT the Surigao Treasure as so many press articles and tv shows have claimed. This particular collection includes many many pieces unearthed in various parts of the country and as such, it is a National Treasure of a collection, NOT just a suriganon sourced cache. In fact, if you visit the collection, you will see some of the varied locations from where the gold was dug up. As for the population of Mindanao, I think there was definitely a huge difference since the 10th century to the last 100 years. As so many, maybe as much as 70-80% of the current population has roots in the Visayas and elsewhere in the Philippines, and those roots are less than 100 years old. So if you are certain your bloodlines reach back 10 centuries to the Surigao area, then you would feel a sense of ownership that others may not feel so strongly as you. As for the muslims, I would think they would lay claim to the entire island based on historical views of the ownership of mindanao and sabah by local sultans, so it is the Christians that might be considered to be intruders into their traditional ancestral land…

By: surigaonon1@yahoo.com

surigaonon1@yahoo.com — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:21:21 +0000

The Surigaonon are duped again. These treasures only belongs to the Surigaonons. Was there a Philippines in the 10th century?

And for the typical ignorant ManileÃ±o, the Muslims lives only on the western and southern side of this large island that we call home.

Marajaw Karajaw Magruyong!!!