believed to have been made more than 45,000 years ago was found in a cave never met valley on the island. previously, rock art found in european sites were thought to have been the word s oldest artworks. the bbc in indonesia given access to film inside the cave. rebecca reports. here in this remote valley is the worlds oldest known painting of animals. the discovery made by a doctoral student at australia s griffith university. 0n the map we found this unique location. the area is surrounded by mountains and in the middle there is this valley. so we were curious and decided to explore. the name means buffalo cave. during the monsoon, this area easily flood so in the past our ancestors kept their buffalo inside the
archaeologists discovered the words oldest known animal cave word s oldest known animal cave painting in indonesia. it is a panel showing wild pigs believed to have been made 45,500 years ago. here in this remote valley is the worlds oldest known painting of animals. the discovery made by a doctoral student at australia s griffith university. 0n the map we found this unique location. the area is surrounded by mountains and in the middle there is this valley. so we were curious and decided to explore. the name means buffalo cave. during the monsoon, this area easily flood
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on the island of sulawesi. previously, rock art found in european sites were considered to be the world s oldest narrative artworks. bbc indonesia was given rare access to film inside the cave. rebecca henschke reports. here in this remote valley is the worlds oldest known painting of animals. the discovery made by a doctoral student at australia s griffith university. translation: on a map we found this unique location. the area is surrounded by mountains and in the middle there is this valley. so we were curious and decided to explore. the name means buffalo cave. during the monsoon this area easily floods. so in the past our ancestors kept the buffaloes inside the cave to protect them.