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.

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 ...

A 45,500-year-old cave painting of a wild pig found in Indonesia is considered the oldest known figurative art. This discovery challenges the belief t ...

World’s Oldest Cave Art Found in Indonesia. Andrew Marshall. Thu, July 4, 2024 at 8:55 PM UTC. 3 min read. Scientists have discovered a painting of three human figures surrounding a large pig in ...

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 ...

Until Aubert went to Sulawesi, the oldest dated art was firmly in Europe. ... and just 900 years shy of the world’s oldest-known cave painting of any kind, a simple red disk at El Castillo.

A cave painting in Indonesia is the oldest such artwork in the world, dating back at least 51,200 years, according to an international team of researchers who say its narrative scene also makes it ...

Scientists Date Oldest Cave Painting in the World A cave painting discovered on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, has been dated by researchers as the oldest in the world. Footage released by ...