Beneath the rolling hills of West Java, Indonesia, lies a site that could challenge the very timeline of human civilization. Known as Gunung Padang, or the "mountain of enlightenment" by the local ...
An image shared on social media in March 2025 claims to show the "world's oldest pyramid," Gunung Padang, in Indonesia. Though Gunung Padang is a genuine archaeological site in Indonesia, the image in ...
CIANJUR, Indonesia – In a mountainous corner of Indonesia lies a hill, dotted with stone terraces, where people come from around the country to hold Islamic and Hindu rituals. Some say the site has a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The word “pyramid” immediately brings to mind the imposing triangular structures of the Egyptian desert. Despite their iconic ...
A team of researchers in Indonesia has uncovered compelling evidence supporting Gunung Padang as the world's oldest known pyramid. Situated atop an extinct volcano in West Java, Indonesia, Phys.org ...
Scientists in a now-retracted study analyzed Gunung Padang and claimed a pyramid site underneath was over 16,000 years old and made of lava. Photo from Natawidjaja, Bachtiar, Nurhandoko, Akbar, ...