“Ancient Secrets Unveiled: Did Extraterrestrials Construct the World’s Oldest Pyramid?”

What if I told you that the world’s oldest pyramids might not even be made by humans? Yep, you heard that right! While history books celebrate Egypt’s Djoser Step Pyramid, dating back to 2,630 BC, a recent paper blows that notion out of the water. It’s claiming an even older pyramid—the Gunung Padang in Indonesia—might have a construction date that could potentially go back as far as 25,000 BC, but here’s the kicker: it might’ve been shaped by Mother Nature herself rather than human hands! This revelation has the academic community buzzing, raising questions about not just the origins of this unique structure, but also humanity’s supposed grasp on advanced construction techniques long before the dawn of agriculture. So, does this mean our ancestors were just cool with making nature do all the heavy lifting? Let’s dive into this intriguing scoop and dissect what’s really going on. LEARN MORE.

Archaeologists have now said the ‘world’s oldest pyramids’ were not actually made by humans.

History books feature the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid, dating back to 2,630 BC, but now a new paper claims there’s one which is even older which wasn’t built by humans.

Academics have made bombshell claims about the Gunung Padang pyramid site (Garry Lotulung/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A report published back in October 2023 claims that a layer of the Gunung Padang pyramid in Indonesia is even older.

That’s not the only bombshell moment, either.

Many people have been wondering for hundreds and thousands of years how these works of history were constructed.

The paper claims the older layer of the Gunung Padang pyramid was constructed all the way back in 25,000 BC, with doubts being shared that the pyramid was actually manmade.

Danny Hilman Natawidjaja of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences led the new research, which was shared in a journal called Archaeological Prospection.

In it, the researchers state: “The pyramid’s core consists of meticulously sculpted massive andesite lava.”

They continue to elaborate about the ‘oldest construction’ part of the pyramid, revealing that mother nature might have been responsible instead of mankind.

Academics believe the oldest layer of the pyramid ‘likely originated as a natural lava hill before being sculpted and then architecturally enveloped.’

They said: “This study sheds light on advanced masonry skills dating back to the last glacial period.

“This finding challenges the conventional belief that human civilisation and the development of advanced construction techniques emerged only … with the advent of agriculture approximately 11,000 years ago,” they added.

The academics looked at evidence from other sites as well as the Gunung Padang pyramid, including the Gobekli Tepe in Turkey.

They went on to say that if the pyramids were built by humans, then the builders ‘must have possessed remarkable masonry capabilities.’

Not everyone is convinced though about the wild claims.

Gunung Padang sits at the top of an extinct volcano and is considered a sacred site by locals (Garry Lotulung/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Flint Dibble, an archaeologist from the UK has dismissed the report, saying he was ‘surprised it was published as is.’

He told a rival journal, called Nature that there is no evidence to back up their claims.

“Material rolling down a hill is going to, on average, orient itself,” he said.

Elsewhere though, Bill Farley, an archaeologist at Southern Connecticut State University, says ‘the 27,000-year-old soil samples from Gunung Padang, although accurately dated, do not carry hallmarks of human activity, such as charcoal or bone fragments.’

The academics behind the original paper have responded to criticism, insisting: “We are really open to researchers around the world who would like to come to Indonesia and do some research programme on Gunung Padang.”

The co-editor of the journal, which published the initial report, has said that the an investigation has been launched into the paper.