The world's oldest cave paintings in Indonesia under threat of wildfires
Steady2 outlets reported this in 2 reports over 2 days
Fri, 23 October 2026Mon, 26 October 2026
What it is about
Griffith UniversitySouth SulawesiMaros-PangkepBasran BurhanMuhammad IkfarEl NinoAustralia Griffith UniversityIndonesianIndonesia
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
Channel News Asia
dailysabah.com
23 Oct, 10:38over 3 days26 Oct, 07:58
How it spread - 2 original reports
Fri, 23 October 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia10:38first to report
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.
Mon, 26 October 2026
1 report- dailysabah.com07:58
The world's oldest cave paintings on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are under threat as heat and smoke from the country's worst wildfires...