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Phinisi in IndonesiaFor centuries, the seas of Indonesia have connected islands, people, and diverse cultures. Long before modern ferries and cargo ships became widespread, traditional wooden boats ...
News Indonesia » South Sulawesi » Culture: Indonesia’s 68,000-year-old handprint: the birth of human art?
Found hiding beneath a chicken sketch, the faded outline proves ancient humans were capable of reflecting on their existence, scientists say The faint outline of a hand in a cave in Indonesia's ...
News Indonesia » South Sulawesi » Culture: The world's oldest cave paintings in Sulawesi under threat of wildfires
Indonesia is battling its most intense forest and land fires since 2015 as a severe El Niño drives up temperatures and reduces rainfall, leaving its forest and peatland vulnerable to fire.
News Indonesia » South Sulawesi » Culture: Indonesia's wildfires threaten ancient rock art
Indonesia's worst wildfires in over a decade are endangering ancient rock art on Sulawesi, as heat, smoke, and drought damage the limestone cave paintings.
News Indonesia » South Sulawesi » Culture: Deep Sulawesi cave dig could reveal overlap between extinct humans and us
Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi more than 65,000 years ago? This is the question posed by ...
News Indonesia » South Sulawesi » Culture: Humanity’s oldest known cave art has been discovered in Sulawesi
When we think of the world’s oldest art, Europe usually comes to mind, with famous cave paintings in France and Spain often seen as evidence this was the birthplace of symbolic human culture. But new ...