The prehistoric artist likely created the image by spraying ochre mixed with water over a hand flattened on the wall of a ...

Credit: Ratno Sardi/Adhi Agus Oktaviana/Maxime Aubert/Cover Images A hand stencil found on the wall of a cave in Indonesia ...

JAKARTA: The government has pledged to protect archaeological sites in Southeast Sulawesi, especially a cave on Muna Island where the world's oldest rock art was discovered amid mounting concerns over ...

Culture Minister Fadli Zon highlights that 67,800-year-old rock paintings in Sulawesi prove Indonesia is among the oldest civilizations in the world.

The latest rock art found on Muna Island in Southeast Sulawesi, a faded hand stencil made out of ocher that may be made at least 67,800 years ago, might provide more clues for archaeologists about how ...

The painted outline of a human hand inside a cave on the Indonesian island of Muna represents what researchers are calling ...

It really just shows how long people have been making rock art in that part of the world,” an archaeology professor said of ...

An ancient handprint in a cave on an Indonesian island may be the oldest known rock art, created at least 67,800 years ago.

A faint hand stencil hidden on a cave wall in Indonesia has been dated to at least 67,800 years old—potentially making it the oldest known cave art yet studied. The discovery comes from a limestone ...

A hand stencil in an Indonesian cave, considered the oldest-known rock art at 67,800 years old, highlights early human ...

The stencil, which had remained largely unnoticed amidst more recent paintings of animals and figures, is now the oldest artwork ever discovered. In fact, it is so old that it offers a rare glimpse ...

Indonesia and the surrounding region is known for some of the world’s most ancient archaeological finds.