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Gunung Padang

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Indonesian megalithic site dated controversially to as early as 25,000 BCE by ground-penetrating radar studies. If confirmed, it would be the oldest pyramid structure on Earth.

-6.9944°, 107.0564°

Look Closer — this site carries open questions: stones heavier than the period's tools could lift; geometry beyond period explanation; dating rests on thin stratigraphic evidence.
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