Lumuyu Petroglyphs
{{Short description|Archaeological site in Tenom District, Malaysia}}
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{{Infobox ancient site
| name = Lumuyu Petroglyphs
Lumuyu Rock Carvings
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| location = Tenom District, Sabah, Malaysia
| coordinates = {{coord|4|42|0|N|115|52|59.988|E|region:MY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| ownership = Sabah Museum
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Lumuyu Petroglyphs or also called as Lumuyu Rock Carvings ({{langx|ms|Petroglif Lumuyu/Ukiran Batu Lumuyu}}) comprising several petroglyphs situated not far from the Bekuku Village in Ulu Tomani of Tenom District in Sabah, Malaysia.{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.sabah.gov.my/?q=content/lumuyu-rock-carving|title=Lumuyu Rock Carving|publisher=Sabah Museum|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628082240/http://www.museum.sabah.gov.my/?q=content%2Flumuyu-rock-carving|archive-date=28 June 2019|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/malaysia/the-borneo-post-sabah/20150301/281775627614226|title=Beauty of Sabah in rural setting|publisher=The Borneo Post|via=PressReader|date=1 March 2015|access-date=28 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ums.edu.my/v5/discover-link-3/419-sedekad-penyelidikan-arkeologi-dan-warisan-budaya-ums-2003-2013|title=A Decade of Archaeological Research and UMS Cultural Heritage (2003-2013)|author=M. Malik Awang Rasin|publisher=Universiti Malaysia Sabah|date=31 July 2015|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628081541/http://www.ums.edu.my/v5/discover-link-3/419-sedekad-penyelidikan-arkeologi-dan-warisan-budaya-ums-2003-2013|archive-date=28 June 2019|url-status=dead}}
History
The first rock carving in Ulu Tomani were discovered by local villagers in 1971. With a measure of {{convert|25|ft|m|0}} by {{convert|32|ft|m|0}}, the weathered sandstone boulder is carved with patterns similar to human faces, foot prints and several other patterns.{{cite book|author=Farouk Yahya|title=Magic and Divination in Malay Illustrated Manuscripts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9t8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA12|date=21 October 2015|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-30172-6|page=12}} According to local folklore, the carvings were made by six brothers to release their grief at the loss of their youngest brother who was murdered. These carvings are believed to have been crafted 1,000 years ago.{{cite book|author=APA Publications Limited|title=Insight Guides Malaysia (Travel Guide eBook)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJ-cDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT766|date=1 April 2019|publisher=Apa Publications (UK) Limited|isbn=978-1-78919-399-2|page=766}} The area have been declared as Cultural Heritage under the Cultural Heritage Enactment (Conservation) 1997.{{cite book|author1=Peter G. Gould|author2=K. Anne Pyburn|title=Collision or Collaboration: Archaeology Encounters Economic Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=piScDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA40|date=26 November 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-44515-1|page=40}}
Following the redocumentation of the Lumuyu Petroglyph site in Ulu Tomani in 2012,{{cite journal|url=http://spaj.ukm.my/jurnalarkeologi/index.php/jurnalarkeologi/article/view/5|title=Petroglif Lumuyu: Suatu Pendokumentasian Semula|trans-title=Lumuyu Petroglyph: A Redocumentation|author1=Mohd Nor Amiruddin Nora Afandi|author2=Baszley Bee Basrah Bee|language=ms|journal=Malaysia Journal of Archaeology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia|year=2016|access-date=28 June 2019|volume=29|number=1}} this led to a new finding for exploration by the following years. In 2013, a group of archaeologists led by Baszley Bee assisted by Master students and final year history students of the School of Social Sciences (SSS) including staff from the Archaeology Department of the National Heritage Department and Archaeology Division of the Sabah Museum found four new petroglyph sites at Ulu Tomani including in other area in Long Pasia.
References
{{Malaysian historical architectures and sites}}
{{Museums of Malaysia}}
Category:Archaeological sites in Malaysia