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The World’s Oldest Rock Art from Southeast Sulawesi

Monday, February 16, 2026

BRIN researchers reveal a hand stencil in Liang Metanduno Cave, Muna Island, Southeast Sulawesi. It is the oldest rock art in the world.

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A 67,800-year-old hand stencil (superimposed over a bird figure) in the Liang Metanduno karst cave, Muna, Southeast Sulawesi. Doc. Maxime Aubert. tempo : 177656550556.

ADHI Agus Oktaviana’s eleven-year curiosity has finally been satisfied. A hand stencil he discovered on the ceiling of the Liang Metanduno karst cave on Muna Island, Southeast Sulawesi, has been crowned the oldest rock art in the world. The Muna hand stencil is a thousand years older than the previous record-holder in the Maltravieso Cave in Cáceres, western Spain. Adhi, a researcher with the National Research and Innovation Age

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