Guar Kepah Archaeological Gallery
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Guar Kepah Archaeological Gallery (GPS: 5.55864, 100.42431) is an archaeological site in Guar Kepah, in Seberang Perai Utara. The site is at Jalan Guar Kepah, a short distance from Jambatan Merdeka. The site was gazetted as a heritage site under the National Heritage Act 2005 (Aktga 645).
The Guar Kepah Archaeological Gallery preserves a limestone cave in the Kepala Batas area of Seberang Perai Utara. Earliest archaeological excavation was by British officer George Winsor Earl in the 1850s, which led to the discovery of 41 skeletal remains, now kept in Leiden, in the Netherlands. In 1860, a prehistoric burial site was discovered on a hill at Guar Kepah. It was here that archaeologist Van Stein Callenfels carried out archaeological excavations in 1934-1936, and made discoveries of human remains including skeletal remains, food, ceramic pieces and stone tools, among others.
In 2010, an almost intact 5,000-year-old skeletal remains of a woman was found on the Guar Kepah site. The remains were later named "Penang Woman". A replica of "Penang Woman" is today on display at the gallery, while the original is kept at Universiti Sains Malaysia. It is planned to be brought back to the site when the gallery is completed.
In 2017, a team from the USM Archaeological Research Centre (PPAG) headed by Prof. Datuk Dr. Mokhtar Saidin discovered a human skull and ribs from the Neolithic Age, which is around 5,000 years old. Following the discovery, the Penang State Government transferred the Guar Kepah site to the Chief Minister Incorporated to be developed as the Guar Kepah Archaeological Heritage Gallery.
In February 2021, the Guar Kepah Archaeological Gallery was gazetted as a heritage site, along with the Wadda Gurdwara Sahib, under the National Heritage Act 2005.Guar Kepah Archaeological Gallery is
The Guar Kepah Archaeological Gallery preserves a limestone cave in the Kepala Batas area of Seberang Perai Utara. Earliest archaeological excavation was by British officer George Winsor Earl in the 1850s, which led to the discovery of 41 skeletal remains, now kept in Leiden, in the Netherlands. In 1860, a prehistoric burial site was discovered on a hill at Guar Kepah. It was here that archaeologist Van Stein Callenfels carried out archaeological excavations in 1934-1936, and made discoveries of human remains including skeletal remains, food, ceramic pieces and stone tools, among others.
In 2010, an almost intact 5,000-year-old skeletal remains of a woman was found on the Guar Kepah site. The remains were later named "Penang Woman". A replica of "Penang Woman" is today on display at the gallery, while the original is kept at Universiti Sains Malaysia. It is planned to be brought back to the site when the gallery is completed.
In 2017, a team from the USM Archaeological Research Centre (PPAG) headed by Prof. Datuk Dr. Mokhtar Saidin discovered a human skull and ribs from the Neolithic Age, which is around 5,000 years old. Following the discovery, the Penang State Government transferred the Guar Kepah site to the Chief Minister Incorporated to be developed as the Guar Kepah Archaeological Heritage Gallery.
In February 2021, the Guar Kepah Archaeological Gallery was gazetted as a heritage site, along with the Wadda Gurdwara Sahib, under the National Heritage Act 2005.
Guar Kepah Archaeological Gallery is 
on the Map of Bumbung Lima, Seberang Perai
Guar Kepah Archaeological Gallery on Google Street View
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