Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley World Heritage Site

Official name

Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley | UNESCO

Country

Malaysia | Map

Continent

Asia

Location

5.6790° Lat, 100.9723° Lon | Map

Code

1396

Time Zone

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur (+08, +0800)

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Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2012. Situated in the lush Lenggong Valley, the property includes four archaeological sites in two clusters which span close to 2 million years, one of the longest records of early man in a single locality, and the oldest outside the African continent. It features open-air and cave sites with Palaeolithic tool workshops, evidence of early technology. The number of sites found in the relatively contained area suggests the presence of a fairly large, semi-sedentary population with cultural remains from the Palaeolithic, Neolithic and Metal ages.