An image shared on social media in March 2025 claims to show the "world's oldest pyramid," Gunung Padang, in Indonesia. Though Gunung Padang is a genuine archaeological site in Indonesia ...

This site, known to the local Sundanese people as Gunung Padang, or "mountain of enlightenment," could soon be recognized as the oldest pyramid on Earth, dating back even further than Stonehenge ...

In October of last year, a study published in the "Archeological Prospection" journal suggested that a hill in Indonesia is actually the oldest known pyramid, initially thought to be built by humans.

The Gunung Padang archaeological site in Indonesia's West Java province is not a pyramid, scholars told AFP, refuting claims circulating online worldwide. The images shared in the false posts are ...