Around the world there are many pyramids with different characteristics and stories, but equally impressive thanks to their construction or the materials that were used. Despite all the pyramids that exist in the world, there is one that experts consider to be the oldest on the planet.
According to a study published in the journal Archaeological Prospection, This pyramid is more than 9 thousand years old, but there are pieces that date back more than 25 thousand years. A group of Indonesian archaeologists led by Danny Hilman Natawidjaja of the Indonesian Institute of Science claim to have discovered the oldest pyramid in the world.
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What is the oldest pyramid in the world?
The oldest pyramid in the world is Gunung Padang in Indonesia. This megalith remained buried under what was considered a mountain in a site that was discovered in 1890, in the province of West Java.
Mount Padang It is a multi-layered pyramid, where its construction involves an artificial hill on which stone structures have been placed. There are also underground chambers and tunnels at the archaeological site.
The dating carried out by the experts indicated that The various stages of said construction date back to thousands of years before Christ, Even the initial phase indicated that it dates back to the Paleolithic. Hence It is considered by many to be the oldest pyramid in the world, surpassing the step pyramid of Djoser in Egypt, built around 2,630 BC. c.
The researchers point out that this pyramid It has a lava core that was sculpted and surrounded by various underground structures, in addition to the fact that the mountain on which the pyramid is located was not formed naturally, but It was built that way in the last glacial period of the Paleolithic, with later modifications in the Holocene and Neolithic.
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