{
  "id": 16161304,
  "title": "Indonesian wildfires threaten world’s oldest cave paintings in Sulawesi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/indonesian-wildfires-threaten-worlds-oldest-cave-paintings-in-sulawesi",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T06:31:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3371884/indonesian-wildfires-threaten-worlds-oldest-cave-paintings-sulawesi"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The world’s oldest cave paintings on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are under threat as heat and smoke from the country’s worst wildfires in more than a decade risk accelerating the deterioration of the more than 67,000-year-old works of art, according to researchers. Indonesia is battling its most intense forest and land fires since 2015 as a severe El Nino drives up temperatures and reduces…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}