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, ...

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 ...

Claims that a “world’s oldest pyramid” has been found in Indonesia have raced around social media, promising a 25,000-year monument that would rewrite everything we think we know about civilization.

While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The paper’s authors write that they have “compelling evidence of a complex and sophisticated megalithic ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new study claims that the Gunung Padang site in Indonesia is a “prehistoric pyramid” from up to 27,000 ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The paper’s authors write that they have “compelling evidence of a complex and sophisticated megalithic ...

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 ...