Thursday, March 10, 2011

Archeological Museum Sangiran

Sragen is one city in Central Java, which directly borders with East Java province. Sragen is the gateway for entry into the province of Central Java, if from the east. Sragen city which has the nickname "Tlatah Sukowati" has an area of 941.55 square kilometers, with a topography as follows: in the middle flow region Solo River which is the longest river in Java, the area is part of the south slope of Mount Lawu ; the northern part of the Mountains Kendeng; and the west is an area that is known as "Sangiran Dome. " City of Residence Sragen still included in Surakarta.
Sangiran Museum is located in the village Krikilan Kalijambe, about 40 kilometers from the town of Sragen and approximately 17 kilometers from the city of Solo. Sangiran Museum store up to tens of thousands of fissile dai era pleistosencoarse about 2 million years ago. These fossils be an 65% of that is in indonesia and 50% in Indonesia. Until now it has found more than 13,685 fossils, and 2931 fossil museum, the rest are stored in the storage area. There is also a tower of view that we can use to see the beauty of the area around the Sangiran.
The place that has the title World Heritage List (World Heritage), has the facilities adequate, such as: Space Exhibition (fossils of ancient humans and animals), laboratory, storage facilities, fossil, indoor slide, and the stores that peddle souvenirs Sangiran.
Sangiran owned more value, based on the research of geologists, the antiquity of Sangiran is an ocean. Due to changes in the process of Geology and volcanic Lawu, Merapi, and Merbabu, this region into the mainland. This can be seen from the structure of soil contained in these areas are different from the others. And some facts that indicate that the place was once the sea bed is the discovery of fossils of marine animals at the bottom layer.
Sangiran Museum is a historical tour that is very feasible for us to visit.

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