The National Museum of the Philippines, local officials and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts on Tuesday opened for public viewing here a diorama of archeological finds with a miniature replica of Ayub Cave where anthropomorphic secondary burial jars were found in the 90s.
The opening of the exhibit at the town hall coincides with the May 4-7 celebration of the town’s 50th foundation anniversary, highlighted by the Binuyugan Festival.
This town, some 120 kilometers west of General Santos City, is where a National Museum team led by Dr. Eusebio Dizon and Rey Santiago unearthed at Ayub Cave in barangay Pinol anthropomorphic burial jars in 1991.
Called “Diorama of the Treasures of Maitum”, the exhibit showcases replicas of those burial jars that dates back to thousands of years in prehistory.
The original artifacts are now preserved at the National Museum. (more…)
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