Buried cannons leave experts baffled


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 11 May 2019

Blast from the past: (From left) Prof Mokhtar, Prof Asma, state Tourism Development Committee chairman Yeoh Soon Hin, Chow and Ang at the handover ceremony of the restored cannons in USM, Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: Why soldiers at Fort Cornwallis buried their cannons about 200 years ago instead of displaying their military might has left archaeologists scratching their heads.

And there are now signs that more military hardware was buried at the fort.

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