5 hours ago · Indonesia
The world's oldest cave paintings in Indonesia under threat of wildfires
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Channel NewsAsia Latest and South China Morning Post Asia are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Indonesia. The first report grouped here was at 23 Oct 2026, 06:31 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “The world's oldest cave paintings in Indonesia under threat of wildfires”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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.
Story timeline
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- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
Indonesian wildfires threaten world’s oldest cave paintings in Sulawesi
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
The world's oldest cave paintings in Indonesia under threat of wildfires
Same story, different outlets
2 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- Channel NewsAsia LatestThe world's oldest cave paintings in Indonesia under threat of wildfires
- South China Morning PostIndonesian wildfires threaten world’s oldest cave paintings in Sulawesi