Scientists reopened the Mount Padang debate after new evidence surfaced, and the findings are nothing short of shocking. The site, long considered Indonesia’s largest megalithic structure, was previously dated to over 20,000 years old, potentially rewriting human history.
A 2023 academic paper claiming that a hill in West Java, Indonesia, contains a pyramid built as much as 25,000 years ago was retracted in March 2024. The journal that published the study withdrew it after external experts said the evidence did not support the conclusion. The lead researcher rejected the retraction, fieldwork at the site resumed, and the hill has since become the subject of a new o…