Coffins dating back 1,000 years are found in the Kinabatangan Valley

Lembah Kinabatangan, located in Sabah’s central region, is not only renowned for its vast oil palm plantations. The valley is also the resting place of priceless treasures in the form of “timber coffins”. 

It is believed that about 2,000 timber coffins, some as old as 1,000 years, dot the Kinabatangan Valley, making the area one of the nation’s important archaeological sites.