THE "world's oldest" pyramid in the Java jungle may be a whopping 25,000 years old - but archaeologists have eerily claimed it isn't man-made.Despite ...

More information: Danny Hilman Natawidjaja et al, Geo‐archaeological prospecting of Gunung Padang buried prehistoric pyramid in West Java, Indonesia, Archaeological Prospection (2023). DOI: 10. ...

A view of Gunung Padang, a giant pyramid buried in Indonesia. Credit: RaiyaniM / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Beneath an Indonesian hill, there’s a massive underground pyramid that’s much older ...

The American publisher of a study that challenged scientific orthodoxy by claiming that an archaeological site in Indonesia may be the world’s “oldest pyramid” says it has been retracted.

Researchers also found evidence of hidden chambers within the pyramid. News. Today's ... this title belongs to a pyramid made of lava and buried in Indonesia. ... part of Java island, about 80 ...

Natawidjaja's team has discovered that the pyramid was built in intricate stages. The oldest section, about 30 metres below the surface, likely dates between 25,000 and 14,000 BC.

To get a sense of the timeline, new radiocarbon dating suggests that the structure at Gunung Padang in West Java, Indonesia, was built during the last ice age, sometime between 25,000 and 14,000 BC.

Indonesia’s Gunung Padang pyramid site. Credit: Ikhlasul Amal. CC BY 2.0/flickr A sensational science story which gripped the world last year claimed that the Gunung Padang site in West Java, ...

Retracted: Giant Pyramid Buried in Indonesia Could Be The Oldest in The World, Researchers Say. Humans 03 November 2023. By Carly Cassella. ... The exceptional hillside of ancient stone structures on ...

World's oldest pyramid built 22,000 years before Egypt's discovered on tropical island This incredible pyramid structure predates the great Pyramids of Giza and Stonehenge by an amazing 22,000 years.