Gua Niah - Prehistoric Skeleton - Archaeological Excavations

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Gua Niah - Prehistoric Skeleton - Archaeological Excavations

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Prehistoric human remains at an archaeological excavation site in Painted Cave, Niah National Park (Borneo)

I'm not sure why they leave the bones exposed to the air, as they will rapidly decay. I assume that lack of funding is causing the excavation work to go very slowly.

Black-and-white version. Which one do you prefer?

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Date & GPS location
Photo taken on August 8, 2011
Taman Merbau, Bahagian Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
GPS coordinates: 3.814316,113.782664 - Download KML file for Google Earth (and other mapping apps)
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