via 23 March 2023: The Penang state government will ask for the assistance of the Dutch authorities to carbon-date ancient artefacts, including skeletons, from the state that are being kept in the Netherlands. The artefacts will be repatriated to Penang after the new Guar Kepah Archaeological Gallery is completed, and the government has reached out to the Dutch authorities to seek the return of the skeletons and other artefacts that were removed from Guar Kepah.
The Penang state government will request assistance from the Dutch authorities to carbon-date ancient artefacts from the state, including skeletons, that were being kept in the Netherlands.
Deputy Chief Minister II P. Ramasamy, who led a delegation from Penang to the Netherlands, said the bones could be between 3,000 and 4,000 years old but this would only be confirmed through carbon dating.
Carbon dating is the technique used to determine the age of a specimen by measuring how much of the radiocarbon isotope it contained.
“We have identified four boxes of bones and artefacts from Guar Kepah,” he said when contacted via WhatsApp.
He said the artefacts, including the bones, will be repatriated to Penang after the new Guar Kepah Archaeological Gallery is completed.
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