World's oldest cave paintings under threat of wildfires

RTÉ News · RTÉ News · 2026-10-23 06:37 UTC

The world's oldest cave paintings on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are under threat as heat and smoke from wildfires risk accelerating the deterioration of the more than 67,000-year-old works of art, researchers said.

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