Homecoming after half a century US sojourn
40,000-year-old history KUCHING: Human skeleton remains excavated in Niah Cave have returned to Sarawak after being brought to the United States more than 50 years ago. All five crates containing 122 fragments of the 40,000-year-old skeletal remains arrived yesterday at Maskargo at Kuching International Airport after they were shipped from Atlanta, Georgia in the US […]
Ancient Niah remains coming home today
KUCHING: A set of bones from the Niah Caves is expected to arrive in Sarawak today. The skeletal remains, which comprised 122 bone fragments and sealed in over 30 boxes, are on their way back from University of Nevada, the United States. Tourism, Arts and Culture assistant minister Datuk Sebastian Ting said the collection was […]
Oldest artwork in Indonesia
JAKARTA: An Indonesian cave painting that depicts a prehistoric hunting scene could be the world’s oldest figurative artwork dating back nearly 44,000 years, a discovery that points to an advanced artistic culture, according to new research. Spotted two years ago on the island of Sulawesi, the 4.5 metre wide painting features wild animals being chased […]