Original headline: Archeologists seek ancient lost city in Malaysian jungles?
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Archeologists plan to search for what they believe might be a 1,000-year-old lost city in southern Malaysia's dense jungles, a news report said Thursday.
The Department of Museum and Antiquities hopes to mount an expedition in Johor state for a site known as Kota Gelanggi, an early trading center of the Srivijaya empire that ruled swathes of Southeast Asia for over 600 years starting in the seventh century, The Star newspaper reported.
Raimy Che-Ross, an independent researcher who has conducted aerial searches of the area, expressed hopes of discovering brick structures, an irrigation system and other artifacts that could be older than Cambodia's famous Angkor Wat temple complex.
"From the air, I could see formations what looked like a set of double walls, protecting the inner city," Raimy told The Star. "We can expect to find simple granite and brick structures, walls, buildings and possibly undisturbed tombs."
Adi Taha, director general of the museums department, said officials were enthusiastic about the possible discovery and would launch an expedition later this year to locate the site.
Museum authorities could not be immediately contacted for other details.
