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An extraordinary scientific adventure, told by the protagonists themselves: the discovery of a new cave art, more than 10,000 years old, during a dozen missions in the jungle and caves of Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), led by speleologist Luc-Henri Fage, CNRS archaeologist Jean-Michel Chazine and their Indonesian partner Pindi Setiawan. These exceptional discoveries reveal a culture forgotten by all, lost in a labyrinth of limestone peaks.

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An extraordinary scientific adventure, told by the protagonists themselves: the discovery of a new cave art, more than 10,000 years old, during a dozen missions in the jungle and caves of Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), led by speleologist Luc-Henri Fage, CNRS archaeologist Jean-Michel Chazine and their Indonesian partner Pindi Setiawan. These exceptional discoveries reveal a culture forgotten by all, lost in a labyrinth of limestone peaks.  They could shed new light on the settlement processes between Asia and Australia...

  • Prize for the best speleological documentary film, Castellana Grotte Festival, Italy, 2005.
  • Prize for the best popular science film, International Archaeology Film Festival, Brussels, 2005.
  • Special Jury Prize, Archaeology Film Festival, Bordeaux, 2006
  • Grand Prize, CINARCHEA Festival 2006 (Kiel, Germany)


A film by Luc-Henri Fage | Scientific Advisor Jean-Michel Chazine | Images Jérôme Pavlovsky, Luc-Henri Fage, Eymeric Bernard, Pierre Boccanfuso - Assistant Serge Caillault - sound Patrick Mauroy - music Michel Pascal - editing Pierre Boccanfuso CNRS Maison Asie-Pacifique - commentary read by Mathieu Barbier - mixing Vincent Huré - With the participation of Pindi Setiawan & Julien Espagne. A MC4 production with the participation of ARTE France.