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    44,000-Year-Old Indonesian Cave Painting Is Rewriting The History Of Art

    In a cave in Indonesia, archaeologists have uncovered a stunning ancient painting of a hunting party that is thousands of years older than similar works found in Europe.
    by Merrit Kennedy Dec 11, 2019 3 minutes
    The scene found in Indonesia shows hunters confronting a wild buffalo with ropes and spears.

    Scientists say they have found the oldest known figurative painting in a cave in Indonesia. And the stunning scene of a hunting party, painted some 44,000 years ago, is helping to rewrite the history of the origins of art.

    Until recently, the long-held story was that humans started painting in caves in Europe. For example, art from the Chauvet Cave in France is dated as old as 37,000 years.

    But several

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