Guinness World Records officially lists the Step Pyramid of King Djoser. Egypt as world’s oldest pyramid (c. 2,630 BC), a paper published in October claimed layers of the Gunung Padang pyramid. Indonesia The structure dates back to 25,000 BC, but since then there has been doubt as to whether it was man-made in the first place.
in the study It is led by Danny Hillman Natawidjaja of the Indonesian Institute of Science. It was published in the magazine archaeological explorationthe scholars state that “the core of the pyramid is composed of a huge andesite lava rock that has been meticulously carved,” and that the “earliest architectural” elements of the pyramid are “carved and It probably began as a natural lava cone before being architecturally enveloped.”
They wrote: “This research sheds light on advanced stonemasonry techniques that date back to the last ice age. This discovery disrupts the conventional wisdom that the development of human civilization and advanced construction techniques only emerged with the advent of agriculture about 11,000 years ago. It challenges your thinking.
“Evidence from other sites such as Gunung Padang and Göbekli Tepe [in Turkey]suggests that advanced architectural practices already existed, perhaps at a time when agriculture had not yet been invented. ”
Scholars also claim that the builders “must have had amazing masonry abilities”, although one British archaeologist has trashed the paper, saying he was “amazed” . [it] It was published as is. ”
Flint Dibble from Cardiff University said: told the magazine Nature There is no clear evidence that the buried layer was constructed by humans.
“Any material that rolls down a hill will, on average, change direction on its own,” he said, adding there was no evidence of “work or anything that would indicate it’s man-made.”
Bill Farley, an archaeologist at Southern Connecticut State University, said, “Although the 27,000-year-old soil samples from Gunung Padang have accurate dates, they do not contain any evidence of human activity, such as charcoal or bone fragments. “I can’t see it,” he is said to have said.
In response to the criticism, Natawidjaja said, “We warmly welcome researchers from all over the world who wish to come to Indonesia and conduct research programs on Gunung Padang.” archaeological exploration He confirmed that an investigation had been launched against the paper.
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