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A remarkable discovery in Malaysia’s Bujang Valley has uncovered a 1,200-year-old Buddha statue and stupa, thought to date back to the 8th or 9th century. This find at the Bukit Choras archaeological heritage site in Yan, Kedah, may even predate the renowned Angkor Wat and Borobudur. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Dr Nasha Rodziadi Khaw, leader of the Bukit Choras archaeological project and senior at USM’s Centre for Global Archaeology Research.

A remarkable discovery in Malaysia’s Bujang Valley has uncovered a 1,200-year-old Buddha statue and stupa, thought to date back to the 8th or 9th century. This find at the Bukit Choras archaeological heritage site in Yan, Kedah, may even predate the renowned Angkor Wat and Borobudur. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Dr Nasha Rodziadi Khaw, leader of the Bukit Choras archaeological project and senior at USM’s Centre for Global Archaeology Research.

Among the issues in focus were importation of dates from Israel and the proposal to make Kampung Baru a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

"If there are villages that are hundreds of years old, we will definitely gazette (them)," said Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari.

The degradation of cultural heritage sites represents one of the most important threats for the future generation.

One of the world's first cities came close to being wiped off the map during tragic floods this summer in Pakistan.

UNESCO monitors some 18,600 glaciers across 50 of its World Heritage sites and said that a third of those are set to disappear by 2050.

The government fully supports the move to gazette the Kampung Laut Mosque as a National Monument under the National Heritage Department and as a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Located 3,200 meters above sea level, at least 35 underground passageways have been found over the years of excavations.

Istana Arau, the old State Secretary (SUK) Building and Masjid Alwi have been gazetted as heritage sites.

The environment ministry has said the original site the Bang Kloi community lived in was a protected area.

Visitors to the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge can take a leap from a height of 260 meters at the UNESCO World Heritage site.

UN said the world's biggest coral reef system should be added to the list due to the impact of climate change.

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The prehistoric monument of Stonehenge in southern England was closed to visitors Saturday after dozens of protesters staged a trespass against the British government's road-building plans.