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  • Archaeologist Says Johor "Lost City" Does Not Exist

    05/01/2006 10:55:07 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 6 replies · 229+ views
    Bernama ^ | April 28, 2006 18:24 PM | "oh yes, we have no Bernamas"
    The "lost city" of Gelanggi or Linggiu, claimed to have been hidden in the jungles of Johor for more than a thousand years, does not exist, said an archaeologist in the National Heritage Department... The search was launched following a claim made by an independent researcher Raimy Che Ros that he had found evidence of the "lost city" after 12 years of research. The claim, published in a newspaper in February last year, created public excitement because Linggiu was said to be older than the Borobudur Buddhist temple in Indonesia built between 750 and 842 A.D. and Cambodia's Angkor Wat...