Archaeological & historic sites in Malaysia
Malaysia has 8 archaeological & historic sites on Detourmap — ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites. The best known is Malaysian Airline System Flight 653. All of them are below.
- Archaeological
- 8
- Oldest
- Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 1977
- Little known
- 5 of 8
- Most from
- 20th century
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1.Malaysian Airline System Flight 653
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
1977 aviation hijacking
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8.Sia Boey Urban Archaeological Park
Archaeological · 21st century · Hidden gem
Urban archaeology park in the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia
Questions about this page
How many archaeological & historic sites are there in Malaysia?
8 on this map, out of 14,002 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for Malaysia with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article — the real number on the ground is larger, and for some countries much larger.
What is the best known of the archaeological & historic sites in Malaysia?
Malaysian Airline System Flight 653, 20th century. 1977 aviation hijacking.
Which is the oldest?
Malaysian Airline System Flight 653, dated to 1977. 3 of these 8 carry a founding date.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

