Kota Tampan provided evidence of the first Palaeolithic culture in the country.

Excavations were first carried out in 1938, followed by another in 1954. Since then, the world has come to know more of the community that existed at Kota Tampan or ‘Tampanian’ in Malaysia. The chronometric dates and verification of the site and its artefacts were only obtained after Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) found a new site through research in 1987. 

This survey uncovered the functions of Kota Tampan as a destination for tool making during the Palaeolithic era about 74,000 years ago. Kota Tampan is also a reference site for Palaeolithic culture in Southeast Asia as it also has classifications and stone-tool making technology of the age. 

There is also an on-site exhibition at KT 1987, KT 2005 and at the Lenggong Archaeological Museum on early settlements in Malaysia.

For more information, visit http://lenggong.heritage.gov.my