JAKARTA: Indonesia has pledged to step up protection of ancient cave paintings (pic) that researchers say show Europe was not the birthplace of art, as many had long believed.
Authorities plan to place the caves, on the central island of Sulawesi, on a list of the nation’s official “cultural heritage” and are applying to have them included in Unesco’s World Heritage List, a senior official said.
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