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Malaysia has four World Heritage Sites
recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization's (Unesco) World Heritage List. 1) Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley (AHLV) in Perak. 2) Historic cities of Melaka and George Town along the Straits of Melaka. 3) Gunung Mulu National Park in Sarawak. 4) Kinabalu Park in Sabah. |
Perak
Archaelogical Heritage of the Lenggong Valley (AHLV) in Perak.
The listing of Archaelogical Heritage of the Lenggong Valley (AHLV) by Unesco is
953rd on the World Heritage List in the current session of the World Heritage
Committee here, and it also "testifies another dimension of the global
recognition of Malaysia as a nation endowed with and committed to the
conservation and protection of its world renowned heritage.
Malaysia is a member of the 21-nation World Heritage Committee that decides on
the inscription, referral or deferral of properties proposed for nomination, a
position it was elected to, for a four-year term (2011-2015).
The department said the lush Lenggong Valley contained artefactual evidence in
the open air and cave sites spanning all the periods of hominid history outside
Africa.
It said the series of caves and open air sites along the Perak River in the
Lenggong Valley were an exceptional testimony to occupation of the area,
particularly during the Palaeolithic era, but during the Neolithic and Bronze
age periods from 1.83 million years ago to 1,700 years ago.
These sites represent one of the longest records of early man in a single locality in the world.
This inscription by Unesco meant that the Lenggong Valley was an important site for humankind to be shared by all in the world.