Sangiran

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Sangiran is an important archaeological excavation site, where some of the best examples of fossil skulls of prehistoric 'Java Man' Pithecanthropus erectus were unearthed by a Dutch professor in 1936. Sangiran has a small museum with a few skulls (one of Homo erectus ), various pig and hippopotamus teeth, and fossil exhibits, including huge mammoth tusks.

Souvenir stalls outside sell bones, 'mammoth tusks' carved from stone and other dubious fossil junk.

Guides will also offer to take you to the area where shells and other fossils have been found in the crumbling slopes of the hill.