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.