News: Archaeologists discuss the Aceh kingdom currency in Malaysia

For the fourth time the Center for Global Archeology Investigation at Universiti Sains Malaysia again held the National Archeology seminar and with the theme "Feeling the Archaeological Wisdom of Malaysia and Serantau" On 9-10 October 2018 at Bayview Hotel, Pinang Island, Malaysia.

And in addition to the seminar, the event also exhibited several artifacts from the research of researchers at the Universiti Sains Malaysia and the position of Warisan Malaysia. The event was opened directly by Mr. Muhammad Bakhtiar bin Wan Chik, the Malaysian tourism minister, Art and Culture.

And also the Chairperson of the State Heritage Position. YBhg. Professor Dr. Zainah said that the national archaeological seminar needs to be held annually to enrich archaeological knowledge and at the same time discoveries of the latest artifacts.

"Talking about the latest encounters in Malaysia and Serantau. And also Tapak Sungai Batu in Kedah and the Tread of the Hill Kill in Lenggong, and Perak are the two most recent encounters that continue to be international issues, "he said, Wednesday (10/10).

And also in the meantime, Aceh Archeologist Husaini Ibrahim who was present at the event and participated in displaying a paper entitled "Eyes of the Kingdom of Aceh in the course of the world".

According to Husaini Ibrahim said the rescue of historical sites and their legacy such as artifacts need to be saved because it is about the civilization of a nation.

"There needs to be cooperation between Indonesian and Malaysian archaeologists to save artifacts.

For information, previously the Global Archeology Investigation Center held the first National Archeology Seminar in 2008, and the second in 2013 and the third in 2017.

And also the 2018 National Archeology Seminar attended by hundreds of participants and dozens of speakers from several universities in Malaysia and Indonesia such as Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), and also the University of Sultan Idris Education (UPSI) and the University of North Sumatra (USU). So besides that, several keynote speeches were present on the first day, such as Professor Datok Mokhtar Saidin from Universiti Sains Malaysia, who discussed the "future archeological impact of Malaysia".