{"id":7028,"date":"2012-10-17T08:40:02","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T08:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=7028"},"modified":"2015-05-11T08:41:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T08:41:49","slug":"archeological-sites-needed-to-be-placed-under-tight-security","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2012\/october-2012\/archeological-sites-needed-to-be-placed-under-tight-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Archeological Sites Needed To Be Placed Under Tight Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">0<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukm.my%2Fnews%2Farchive%2Fyear-2012%2Foctober-2012%2Farcheological-sites-needed-to-be-placed-under-tight-security%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?p=7028&amp;via=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukmtwit\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-toggle-container\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"newsitem_tools\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_info\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"createdate\">WEDNESDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2012 15:04<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsitem_text\">\n<div class=\"news_item_article\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/SeminarArkeologi1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\"><strong>By Saiful Bahri Kamaruddin<\/strong><\/span><span lang=\"MS\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span lang=\"MS\">Pix Izwan Azman and courtesy of Museums Dept Malaysia<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">BANGI, 15 Oct 2012 \u2013 Archeological sites in Malaysia should be placed under tighter security as precious ancient relics will attract the attention of unscrupulous parties who may take advantage of the discoveries for profit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">Professor Emeritus Dato&#8217; Dr Nik Hassan Shuhaimi Nik Abdul Rahman said the authorities should be more vigilant against attempts to steal treasures at historic sites, whether on land or at sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">The Principal Research Fellow at <\/span><span lang=\"MS\">the Institute of Malay World and Civilisation (ATMA), The National University of Malaysia (UKM) made <\/span><span lang=\"MS\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span lang=\"MS\">the proposal at a two-day International Seminar on Archaeology, History and Culture in the Malay World today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">More than 20 researchers from Malaysia and Indonesia presented their findings at the seminar which was opened by ATMA\u2019s Director, Professor Dr Abdul Latif Samian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">Prof Nik Hassan Shuhaimi is concerned\u00a0the historical heritage of the country may be lost to relic hunters willing to take the artifacts abroad without the knowledge of the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">He lamented that although there is already in place agreements and laws on sharing the findings of marine salvage work of all ancient ship-wrecks at sea, they do not guarantee security of items found there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">He suggested that divers be forbidden from staying overnight on board of salvage ships but to return to shore whenever work stops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">Prof Nik Hassan Shuhaimi was also worried of talks of\u00a0a gold hoard found at the Bujang Valley archeological site in Kedah in 2009, the area that became the center of the Langkasuka Kingdom over 1,000 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">He even saw a\u00a0picture that supposedly showed gold jewelry allegedly discovered in the Bujang Valley but\u00a0the find was not substantiated by archaeologists and authorities in the district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/SeminarArkeologi2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/SeminarArkeologi3.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless archeological diggings should be made more secure as any genuine artifact can be valuable because it is part of the historical heritage of the nation, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">Prof Nik Hassan Shuhaimi said contributions of archeology, history and culture are very important in the development of a nation. The three disciplines are inter-dependent and cannot be separated from one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">Apart from the benefits to archaeological heritage, history and culture can help bring about self-reliance and economic development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">He said history and culture can be used to develop Tourism. He said the best example is that of Malacca. Although there has yet to be found remnants of prehistoric or proto-historic sites,\u00a0Malacca\u00a0was able to set up many museums. It also has a rich heritage of Dutch, Portuguese and British architecture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">He urged other states that have archaeological and historical heritage sites and rich culture to increase efforts to promote their tourism assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">States with rich historical and archaeological heritage such as Pahang, Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak have the potential to benefit from economic programmes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"MS\">He believes that if Lake Chini in Pahang can be rehabilitated, it can become a tourist attraction.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/SeminarArkeologi4.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/SeminarArkeologi5.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEDNESDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2012 15:04 By Saiful Bahri Kamaruddin Pix Izwan Azman and courtesy of Museums Dept Malaysia BANGI, 15<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2012\/october-2012\/archeological-sites-needed-to-be-placed-under-tight-security\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7030,"parent":1296,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7028","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7028"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7032,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7028\/revisions\/7032"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}