The cave painting in Indonesia is also the world’s oldest known evidence of storytelling in art, according to an international team of researchers who used a new dating technique.

The oldest cave art in the world has been discovered, but scientists don’t think it was humans who did it. Cave paintings dating back 24,000 years have previously been uncovered in Spain.

A cave painting discovered on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, has been dated by researchers as the oldest in the world. Footage released by Griffith University explains more about the painting ...

High-tech analytic methods show that cave paintings of Buddhas in Afghanistan are the world's oldest known that include oils. Cynthia Graber reports. If you're enjoying this article, consider ...

Sixty years ago, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a group of archaeologists discovered a series of paintings spread across 100 limestone caves. The images—rendered, by the time of their ...

The world’s oldest figurative art, showing wild cattle, in a Borneo cave, was made at least 40,000 years ago. Photo by Luc-Henri Fage.

Oldest oil paintings found in Asia. By Thomas H. Maugh II . April 26, 2008 12 AM PT . ... “This is the earliest clear example of oil paintings in the world,” said Yoko Taniguchi, ...

The World’s Oldest Animal Paintings Are on This Cave Wall. Depictions of pigs found in Indonesia date back at least 45,500 years. By Rachel Nuwer edited by Gary Stix.

On the ceiling of a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, scientists have discovered artwork depicting three human-like figures interacting with a wild pig in what they have ...

Pig Painting May Be World’s Oldest Cave Art Yet, Archaeologists Say. The depiction of the animal on an Indonesian island is at least 45,500 years old, the researchers say.

This 45,500-year-old pig painting is the world’s oldest animal art. The depiction of a warty pig adds to the mounting number of cave art finds throughout Indonesia. By Maya Wei-Haas.

Chauvet’s paintings, formerly known as the oldest cave art, are 37,000 years old. In 2012, El Castillo, Spain , took top prize for oldest cave art in the world, with one painting dated to 40,800 ...