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Indonesian wildfires threaten world’s oldest cave paintings in Sulawesi
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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 in more than a decade risk accelerating the deterioration of the more than 67,000-year-old works of art, according to researchers. Indonesia is battling its most intense forest…
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Indonesian wildfires threaten world’s oldest cave paintings in Sulawesi
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