04-07-2024 15:23 via metro.co.uk

World’s oldest painting unveiled – can you tell what it is?

The painting is the oldest ever found (Picture: EPA/BRIN)The world’s oldest artwork has been discovered on the ceiling of an Indonesian island cave – but can you tell what the images are? The artwork has been confidently dated back to 51,200 years ago and was found in the Leang Karampuang limestone cave in the Maros-Pangkep region of South Sulawesi. This makes it more than 5,000 years older than the previous oldest cave art and pushes back the timeline that modern humans fi
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