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Archaeologists discover the oldest pyramid in the world, here it is
2023-11-04 22:48:07 / MISTERE&KURIOZITETE
Archaeologists have discovered that Indonesia's pyramid, a 'megalith' about 30 meters deep sunk into a hill, ranks as the oldest pyramid in the world.
Gunung Padang, first rediscovered by Dutch explorers in 1890, may actually also be the oldest known man-made structure, at least according to the latest radiocarbon dating of the ancient site.
The tests place the pyramid's early construction, with its hundreds of steps carved out of andesite lava, at more than 16,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age.
This means that Gunung Padang is likely to be over 10,000 years older than not only all the monuments and the great pyramids of Giza in Egypt, but also England's legendary Stonehenge.
Researchers have spent more than a century debating whether the underground structure known as Gunung Padang ("mountain of enlightenment" in the local language) is really a man-made pyramid and not just a natural geological formation.
But between 2011 and 2015, geologist Danny Hilman Natawidjaja of Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency led a team of archaeologists, geophysicists and geologists to literally get to the bottom of this ancient mystery.
Using ground-penetrating radar to take underground images, core drilling and 'trenching' techniques, Natawidjaja and other researchers were able to probe into the first layers of Gunung Padang - which stretched over 9 stories (or 30 meters) below its surface.
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