Megalithic Portal: Latest from Malaysia

Niah Caves

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:55:31 GMT

]]>. Prehistoric cave located in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.

Lembah Bujang

Fri, 21 May 2010 01:47:40 GMT

. The Bujang Valley archaeological sites date from 100 AD and located around the Lembah Bujang Archaeological Museum in Kedah State to the north west of Sungai Petani.

Bewah Cave

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:25:35 GMT

Artefacts found at the Bewah Cave would be framed in glass and kept for public viewing at the site, and not in a museum, in a move to draw more visitors. Cave in Malaysia. Archaeologists have stumbled upon human skeletal remains believed to be from the Mesolithic Age in the Bewah Cave in the Kenyir Lake area, according to a university professor.

Gua Cha

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:25:15 GMT

Malaysian Minister for Culture, Arts and Heritage leaves to secure the return of skeletons currently from University of Cambridge's MacDonald Institute of Archaeology.. Cave in Ilu Kelantan, Malaysia.Location of periodic human occupation and activity since 8000 BC. Finds include tools, pottery and human burials.

Stone Age Potters

Sun, 27 May 2007 08:48:46 GMT

. Tampi-Tampi villagers today don�t think twice about using clay from the foot of Bukit Tengkorak and nearby areas in southeastern Sabah for their pottery, digging wells for fresh water, burning wood for fuel and eating a wide range of fish, shellfish and molluscs. But most of them are unaware that from about 3,000 until 2,000 years ago, people at the summit of the 600-foot hill did the same--when the Semporna peninsula was a late Stone Age population hub and craft centre.

Tracing back Malaysia's stone-age man in Lenggong

Sat, 19 May 2007 19:49:44 GMT

. Peninsular Malaysia's oldest inhabitant, is residing in the new Lenggong Museum. Perak Man, found in 1991, is the only complete human skeleton found in Malaysia. The cave which was his final resting place is called Gua Gunung Runtuh and is situated in Bukit Kepala Gajah in the Lenggong Valley in Ulu Perak. The skeleton, found by Prof Zuraini Majid and her team from Universiti Sains Malaysia, has been dated about 11,000 years, which makes him a Stone Age man, from the Palaeolithic period.

Melaka

Sat, 02 Oct 2004 09:37:32 GMT

]]>. Standing Stones in Melaka, Malaysia. A cluster of about 20 standing stones located on an earthen mound several meters from the road. Locals call them Batu Hidup (Living Stones) or Batu Bercahaya (Glittering Stones).

The Enigmatic Megaliths Of Melaka, Malaysia

Sat, 02 Oct 2004 09:37:16 GMT

]]>Can you send use details of megaliths in your country, or where you have visited?. Enigmatic Megaliths Of Melaka by Martin Calvalho, with thanks to Rich32 for editing. Before embarking on the existence of megaliths in Melaka, it is only proper for me to give a brief background as the location, geography and history of Malaysia. This will better help the understanding of my connection with the enigmatic stones.

Malaysian cave paintings in a poor state, Korea restores nine dolmens

Sat, 15 Dec 2001 18:07:54 GMT

. Environmentalists seek urgent steps to preserve the drawings, which have fallen victim to the weather and graffiti Pre-historic rock paintings found on the walls of famous tourist attraction Tambun Cave in Perak are in desperate need of a facelift.