Monday, September 22nd, 2008 Posted in Malaysia | No Comments »
The coverage of the Neolithic skeletons unearthed in Sarawak continues... (Read my fuller account here). Malaysian archaeologists find complete Neolithic skeletons AFP, via The Nation (Pakistan), 19 September 2008 Neolithic skeletons found: report SBS, ... Read more..Friday, September 19th, 2008 Posted in Malaysia | No Comments »
As expected, most of the Malaysian papers carried reports about yesterday's press conference on the excavation of six skeletons from Gua Kain Hitam in Sarawak and Pulau Kelumpang in Perak. ... Read more..Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in Malaysia | 3 Comments »
This morning, the Centre for Archaeology Research, Malaysia at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Penang unveiled two sets of burials from the Niah cave complex in Sarawak and Pulau Kelumpang ... Read more..Thursday, August 7th, 2008 Posted in Malaysia | No Comments »
The Sarawak Museum and Universiti Sains Malaysia recently announced their discovery of eight 3,000-year-old burials located near Miri in Sarawak. Ancient Burial Site Discovered In Batu Niah Bernama, 01 August 2008 Ancient burial ... Read more..Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Malaysia, UNESCO World Heritage | 2 Comments »
Remember the ancient bastions of fortress Malacca that was discovered late 2006 (see here and here)? There were also four 13th century skeletons discovered at the site, which was being ... Read more..Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Malaysia | Comments Off
After a period of silence, the state of Malacca is trying to find out what's the story behind the bones that were unearthed last year. No word yet on skeletons found ... Read more..Sunday, April 22nd, 2007 Posted in Borneo, Malaysia, Prehistory | No Comments »
22 April 2007 (New Straits Times) - Today's NST features a special spotlight on the stone age culture - past and ethnographic present. The first story is about the prehistory ... Read more..