cave painting
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A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
As the authors state in their conclusion, the cave painting they studied predates even "masterpieces" like "the cave of Chauvet-Pont d'Arc" or "those recently discovered in the Sulawesi caves."
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2023
Then he looked over at the fresh Shadowman, a cave painting, marketing attempt and conversation starter for these conflicted times, and shook his head.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
Whether new waves of people migrating from Africa brought the skills of figurative cave painting with them, or whether these arts emerged later, remains unclear.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2018
Sal said it looked like a cave painting and Karly joined in even though she always used to love his pictures.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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