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Indonesian wildfires threaten world’s oldest cave paintings in Sulawesi

ChinaBy ReutersOct 23, 2026, 6:31 AM
Indonesian wildfires threaten world’s oldest cave paintings in Sulawesi
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PUBLISHEDOct 23, 2026, 6:31 AM
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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 and land fires since 2015 as a severe El Nino drives up temperatures and reduces ‌rainfall,…

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