Siti Zuraina Abdul Majid

Siti Zuraina Abdul Majid is a historian and considered to be the first archaeologist in Malaysia, who has won the Merdeka Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement in 2020. Siti Zuraina has investigated and excavated many sites in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak. She has also worked in many important excavations for the Lower Paleolithic period in Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Siti Zuraina has been credited with laying the foundation to develop the field of archaeology in Malaysia since the 1970s. For her contributions to archaeology, she has received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree.