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Lenggong Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Global Geopark located in Lenggong, northern Perak.

The valley where the ancient humans are believed to live in the area at least 1.83 million years ago.

What makes the secretive Lenggong Valley so important not just for Malaysian history but also to the history of humankind?


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Asia’s secret World Heritage site. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20...

Malaysian Unesco World Heritage site has oldest relics of human settlement outside Africa but is largely unknown and severely neglected – why?
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KEYWORDS: Lenggong, Perak, Malaysia history, paleolithic, stone tools, meteor impact, ancient site, UNESCO, World Heritage Site, prehistoric site