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The world's oldest cave paintings in Indonesia under threat of wildfires

CNA23 October 2026, 10:38 UTCIndonesia

In a cave in South Sulawesi's Maros-Pangkep, an artwork depicting human-like figures interacting with a pig was dated by researchers from Australia's Griffith University to be at least 51,200 years old.

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