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Maros is a town in the South Sulawesi province of
40,000 year old rock art found in Indonesia
, ''The Conversation'', 9 October 2014.
Maros is a town in the South Sulawesi province of Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
close to the provincial capital of Makassar. It is the capital of the Maros Regency.
Maros is the location of the Indonesian Cereals Research Institute, a branch of the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development.
In 2012, regional cement producer PT Semen Bosowa Maros began construction in Maros of a new clinker plant estimated to cost over $300 million. The clinker plant was expected to help the cement company increase production in the region in response to the growing demand for cement to support construction activities.
Maros Water Park is in Maros.
Rock art in caves
Nearby to Maros, in the area of the Maros Regency to the north of Makassar, are Pettakere cave and other prehistoriccave
A cave or cavern is a natural void in the ground, specifically a space large enough for a human to enter. Caves often form by the weathering of rock and often extend deep underground. The word ''cave'' can refer to smaller openings such as sea ...
s that contain significant rock art. Research suggests that the rock art is of considerable archaeological significance.Paul S.C. Tacon et al,40,000 year old rock art found in Indonesia
, ''The Conversation'', 9 October 2014.
References
Regency seats of South Sulawesi {{SSulawesi-geo-stub