The world's oldest known art. The spice islands that built and broke empires. A trade that swapped Manhattan for nutmeg. Indonesian history is world history — the world just forgot.
In 1667, Britain handed over Manhattan to the Dutch in exchange for a tiny Indonesian island called Run — the world's only source of nutmeg at the time...
A cave in Sulawesi contains art that predates every cave painting in Europe by 10,000 years. The origin of human storytelling may be Indonesian...
The Toraja Ma'Nene ritual — the most fascinating death ceremony on Earth, and what it teaches us about love, family, and letting go...
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