Lubang Jeriji Saléh
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Lubang Jeriji Saleh is a limestone cave complex in Indonesia in the Sangkulirang-Mangkalihat Karst, located in the remote jungle of Bengalon district in East Kutai, East Kalimantan province on Borneo island. In a 2018 publication, a team of researchers announced to have found the then-oldest known work of figurative art in the world among the cave paintings, at 40,000 years old.[3] However, the same team has since found and dated an elaborate therianthrope rock art panel in the Leang Bulu' Sipong 4 cave in Sulawesi's Maros-Pangkep karst to around 44,000 years ago.[4][5]
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Lubang Jeriji Saleh | |
Location | Sangkulirang-Mangkalihat Karst, Bengalon, East Kutai |
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Region | East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo |
Coordinates | 1°14′29.3″N 117°19′44.8″E |
History | |
Material | Limestone karst |
Periods | Paleolithic |
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