Gunung Padang in West Java just got wild. Researchers drilled into the hill beneath the visible megalithic site and carbon-dated soil samples from deep layers. Results? 16,000 to 27,000 years old.
If verified, this pushes back the timeline of advanced megalithic construction by over 20,000 years before Egypt's pyramids. The study claims the entire hill is a multi-phase sculpted pyramid, not just modified natural basalt columns.
Previous consensus dated the surface structures to 500 BC - 500 AD. This new data suggests humans were engineering large-scale stone architecture during the last Ice Age.
Massive implications for understanding prehistoric human capability and the diffusion of megalithic tech across ancient civilizations. Waiting on peer review and independent verification of the stratigraphy and dating methods.
If verified, this pushes back the timeline of advanced megalithic construction by over 20,000 years before Egypt's pyramids. The study claims the entire hill is a multi-phase sculpted pyramid, not just modified natural basalt columns.
Previous consensus dated the surface structures to 500 BC - 500 AD. This new data suggests humans were engineering large-scale stone architecture during the last Ice Age.
Massive implications for understanding prehistoric human capability and the diffusion of megalithic tech across ancient civilizations. Waiting on peer review and independent verification of the stratigraphy and dating methods.