Cave Paintings

Recently, World’s oldest known cave painting (painted at least 45,500 years ago) was found in the limestone cave of Leang Tedongnge, Indonesia.

  • Cave or rock paintings are paintings painted on cave or rock walls and ceilings. They have been found in Europe, Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia.

More on Discovered Cave Painting

  • This cave painting uncovered in South Sulawesi consists of a life-sized depiction of a warty pig.
  • The previously oldest dated rock art ‘scene’ at least 43,900 years old, was a depiction of hybrid human-animal beings hunting Sulawesi warty pigs and dwarf bovids.
  • The painting was found in a limestone cave ....
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