Tag: Caves and Caverns
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Sulawesi Is the Island That Keeps Earth’s Most Ancient Secrets Alive
In the island’s caves, ghosts whisper to us from the far past. Paintings of the Sulawesi warty pig are the oldest known figurative art in the world, dating back 51,200 years. Accessing some of these cave paintings requires special government permission: Visitors, taken up a 30-foot cliff by expert rope-climbers, are allowed to spend only…