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Niah is a
small town near Miri, Sarawak.
Niah is famous by its Niah National Park. The Park houses one of
the world's largest caves, the Niah Caves, which spread over an area of
about 3,140 hectares. The oldest human burial sites ever found in
Southeast Asia were discovered in the Niah Caves in 1958.
The Cave is
an important prehistorically site where human remains dating to 40,000
years have been found. Items found at Niah Cave include Pleistocene
chopping tools and flakes, Neolithic axes, adzes, pottery, shell jewellery,
boats, mats, then iron tools and ceramics and glass beads dating to the
Iron Age. The most famous find is the human skull dated at around 38,000
years BCE. Painted Cave has paintings and wooden coffin 'death ships'.
The Park
Headquarters at Pengkalan Batu is accessible either from
Miri or Bintulu (109km or
2 hours by road from Miri and 131km or 3 hours from
Bintulu).
Niah
National Park Headquarters contact information:
Tel:
+6085 - 737 450 / 454
Fax: +6085 - 737 918
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