Perak Man returns home


LENGGONG: The 10,000-year-old skeletal remains known as the Perak Man was returned to the Lenggong Archeological Gallery last October, three years after it was first put on public display at the National Museum in 2010, said Tourism and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz.

"The decision to return the Perak Man here came from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) after they declared Lenggong Valley as a World Heritage Site in 2012.

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