In October, a group of archaeologists dropped a bombshell study that claimed a structure in Java, Indonesia is a “multi-layered prehistoric pyramid” dating back “thousands of years B.C.E.”—predating ...

A 2023 paper was published in Archaeological Prospection titled “Geo-archaeological prospecting of Gunung Padang buried prehistoric pyramid in West Java, Indonesia,” claiming that the megalithic site ...

For decades, Gunung Padang was treated as an important megalithic site in Indonesia. Then researchers began arguing that the visible terraces were only the top layer of something much older ...

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 ...

Gunung Padang is an Indonesian pyramid that sits on top of an ancient volcano and could show evidence of Ice Age humans possessing advanced technology. Since the 1980s, a number of in-depth surveys ...

The blue mushroom was impos­sible to miss on the drab jungle floor near the peak of Gunung Bintang, Kedah. A deep, vivid cobalt blue, its cap was ­naturally split in places, revea­ling bright, powdery ...

A headline-grabbing paper 1 claiming that a structure in Indonesia is the oldest pyramid in the world has raised the eyebrows of some archaeologists — and has now prompted an investigation by the ...

Retraction Note: The research article "Geo‐archaeological prospecting of Gunung Padang buried prehistoric pyramid in West Java, Indonesia," originally published in the Archaeological Prospection, has ...

An image shared online authentically shows "the world's oldest pyramid," Gunung Padang, in Indonesia. Rating: Fake (About this rating?) An image shared on social media in March 2025 claims to show the ...

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A pyramid hidden within a hill on an island in West Java, Indonesia, could be the world’s oldest. This was revealed by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists, geophysicists and geologists – who ...