RM10mil for ancient secrets


Relic: Visitors looking at an ancient clay furnace (relau), believed to have been made between 5AD and 10AD, in the compound of a kampung house in Kampung Chemara, Jeniang and relocated to the Sungai Batu Archaeological Site at Lembah Bujang, Kedah.

SUNGAI PETANI: The race is on to uncover more secrets from the ruins of the oldest known civilisation in South-East Asia – the Sungai Batu archaeological site in Kedah.

The federal government has approved RM10mil to conduct consultation, conservation and restoration works as well as an archaeological museum.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

Best Value

Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 8.02/month

Billed as RM 96.20 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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