Posted on Jan 25, 2026
World's oldest-known rock art found in Indonesian cave
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This hand stencil also indicates that the Muna cave was used for making art over a long period of time. Paintings were repeatedly produced there for at least 35,000 years, continuing until roughly 20,000 years ago.
“It is now evident from our new phase of research that Sulawesi was home to one of the world’s richest and most longstanding artistic cultures, one with origins in the earliest history of human occupation of the island at least 67,800 years ago,” Maxime Aubert, a study co-author, archaeologist and geochemist from Australia’s Griffith University, said in a statement.
“It is now evident from our new phase of research that Sulawesi was home to one of the world’s richest and most longstanding artistic cultures, one with origins in the earliest history of human occupation of the island at least 67,800 years ago,” Maxime Aubert, a study co-author, archaeologist and geochemist from Australia’s Griffith University, said in a statement.
World's oldest-known rock art found in Indonesian cave
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Posted 18 d ago
So Lt Col Charlie Brown, it appears that they have found some of Cpl Vic Burk’s cave drawings.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
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Cpl Vic Burk - lol, I though of You as soon as I head of something from that long ago.
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Posted 17 d ago
Greetings Lt Col Charlie Brown. Excellent post. Thank you for sharing this Ma'am. :->
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