Archaeologists Found a Pyramid Older Than History

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Get ready to have your mind blown! 🏺 In this video, we’ll explore the shocking discovery of a pyramid older than recorded history — a structure that could rewrite everything we know about ancient civilizations. Archaeologists are stunned by the precision, scale, and mysterious origins of this ancient wonder. Could this be evidence of a forgotten culture that predates Egypt’s great pyramids? Join us as we uncover the secrets buried beneath the sands and reveal what scientists are only just beginning to understand.  Credit: UnchartedX / YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlzdxrGPyKk Archaeology with Flint Dibble / YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWHuaSCb86I CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0: Graham-Hancock: By [Cpt.Muji], https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13971446 CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: Gunung Padang Site: By Mohammad Fadli, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16326237 CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0: Situs Megalitikum Gunung Padang Cianjur: By RaiyaniM, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=109284347 Animation is created by Bright Side.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/   Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV  Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Our Social Media:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightplanet/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en   Stock materials (photos, footages and other):  https://www.depositphotos.com  https://www.shutterstock.com  https://www.eastnews.ru  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.

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00:00Egypt has ruled as the owner of the world's oldest pyramid, until now.

00:06A newly discovered structure in Indonesia may predate Egypt by thousands of years.

00:12If this is true, it rewrites history.

00:15The world's first pyramid was born during the last ice age, and it's now located in the middle of the jungle.

00:22At first glance, Ganung Padang does not exactly scream pyramid.

00:26It looks more like a big mound with scattered stones tossed all over it.

00:32But, recent excavations have revealed that far beneath the surface, there are stone structures buried in multiple layers, deeper, and much older than anyone expected.

00:43We're talking possibly 27,000 years old.

00:47This is serious if we're talking about humankind's history.

00:51Today, the oldest known ancient society with this kind of building knowledge is probably 11,000 years old, and used to occupy the region of modern-day Turkey.

01:02We've talked about Gobekli Tepe in some of our previous videos.

01:06Ganung Padang has got the scientific community divided and raising big, life-changing questions.

01:13You see, the site of Ganung Padang has long been considered sacred by the locals.

01:18Many even call it the Mountain of Enlightenment, and still use the site to perform mystical ceremonies.

01:26Westerners had no clue this place existed until the late 1800s.

01:30That's when a Dutch explorer heard whispers about a strange mountain, and went to see it for himself.

01:36Just four hours south of Jakarta, he found something wild.

01:42Stacked terraces connected by rough stone steps, massive flat stones covering the ground, and towering pillars everywhere.

01:51To him, it looked like an ancient ceremonial site, maybe even a burial ground.

01:56For almost a hundred years, mainstream archaeologists simply ignored Ganung Padang.

02:03The story resurfaced when a group of farmers brought attention back to the mountain in 1979.

02:09By the 80s, researchers finally started digging and found pottery fragments dating back to somewhere between 45 BCE to 22 CE.

02:19But here's where this story gets interesting.

02:23Some studies suggest the deepest layers of Ganung Padang are between 16 to 27,000 years old.

02:31That means this pyramid could have been built during the last ice age.

02:36And if that's true, it's older than Egypt's famous pyramids, the ones we thought were the world's first.

02:42This whole theory comes from geologist Danny Hillman.

02:47His team used ground-penetrating radar, core drilling, and carbon dating to study Ganung Padang.

02:53And what they found was pretty wild.

02:56According to Hillman, this place is like a giant ancient layer cake, built in stages over thousands of years.

03:04The youngest layer is around 3,000 to 4,000 years old.

03:08That's roughly the age of the pyramids in Egypt.

03:11When you dig a little deeper, you find Unit 2, which was built between 7,500 and 8,000 years ago.

03:19But here's where things get truly mind-blowing.

03:23Hillman claims the deepest layer, Unit 3, could be as old as 27,000 years old.

03:30His study suggests that Ganung Padang isn't just a hill.

03:34It's a stepped pyramid, complete with chambers and hollow spaces hidden underground.

03:38Although there's not much info about these chambers.

03:43The geologist does admit his theory sounds crazy, but he says it's all real and legitimate data.

03:50Hey, this is just one theory.

03:52Those who disagree with Hillman say Ganung Padang was not man-made.

03:56It was nature-made.

03:57Maybe not the upper parts, which Hillman calls Unit 1.

04:00The lowest units, which are the units that could change our collective history, are the problem.

04:08To understand what the fuss is about, we need to look at the soil.

04:12The area that Ganung Padang was built on is filled with volcanoes, which means it sits on top of volcanic soil.

04:20Hillman's team drilled into the mound and found something odd.

04:24Younger soil wedged between much older rock layers.

04:29To them, this was a clear sign that the stones were stacked, not naturally formed.

04:35After all, in nature, Younger soil doesn't just sink beneath ancient rock.

04:39That would be like discovering fresh ink beneath the pages of an ancient manuscript.

04:44You know, something doesn't add up unless someone put it there on purpose.

04:48However, skeptics such as volcanologist Sutkinell Brauntal argue that Ganung Padang is not a human-made pyramid,

04:58but rather the remains of an ancient volcano.

05:02He believes the mixed layers of young soil and old rock are the result of natural erosion and geological processes,

05:09not human construction.

05:11Volcanic activity can create unusual formations over time,

05:15and without clear signs of tools, carvings, or human remains,

05:19many experts remain unconvinced.

05:22The mystery boils down to this paradox.

05:25Are we looking at the ruins of a lost civilization,

05:28or are we simply misinterpreting the work of nature?

05:33Most archaeologists say that to prove an ancient civilization existed,

05:37you first need signs of culture, art, tools, structures, something man-made.

05:43That's exactly why archaeologist Dibble, one of Hillman's biggest critics,

05:48isn't buying the pyramid theory.

05:50He argues that without solid proof of human activity,

05:54all we really know is that the soil in the mound is 27,000 years old,

05:59and that alone doesn't mean people were building pyramids back then.

06:03But here's the thing.

06:05The more we dig into ancient history,

06:07the more we find that our ancestors were capable of things we never imagined.

06:13The idea of advanced civilizations existing during the Ice Age

06:16seems far-fetched to many archaeologists.

06:19After all, who could have the technology and knowledge

06:22to build massive structures like pyramids in such a harsh environment?

06:26This is where some researchers, particularly Graham Hancock, come in.

06:32Hancock is known for his controversial theories

06:34that say that advanced civilizations may have existed during the Ice Age.

06:39The last Ice Age lasted from about 2.5 million years ago

06:44to roughly 11,700 years ago.

06:47During its peak, huge ice sheets covered large parts of North America,

06:51Europe, and Asia,

06:52making it a challenging time for human survival.

06:56Most archaeologists believe that humans during this period

06:59were mainly hunter-gatherers,

07:01moving from place to place in search of food and shelter.

07:04The idea that they had skills to build a massive pyramid-like structure

07:08is hard for many to accept.

07:11However, researchers like Graham Hancock

07:13argue that advanced Ice Age civilizations could have existed

07:17and been wiped out by cataclysmic events

07:20such as floods caused by melting glaciers.

07:23According to Hancock,

07:25these ancient cultures may have built monumental structures like pyramids.

07:29One of Hancock's most notable books,

07:32Fingerprints of the Gods,

07:33explores this theory in depth.

07:35He looks at evidence from ancient monuments

07:37like Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza

07:39and the megalithic structures in South America

07:42and suggests that these could be the remnants of a forgotten civilization.

07:46Hancock's theories imply that knowledge and skills

07:49passed down from this ancient culture

07:51were eventually rediscovered and used by later civilizations

07:55like the Egyptians and Mayans.

07:58If we apply this to Gnung Padang,

08:00the idea becomes even more fascinating.

08:04Could this ancient site in Indonesia

08:05be a remnant of a long-lost civilization

08:08that existed during the last Ice Age?

08:10We'll have to keep digging to figure this out.

08:14Either way, while scientists debate the origins of Gnung Padang,

08:18local myths offer a different explanation.

08:21One of the most famous local legends

08:23tells the story of King Silawangi,

08:25a powerful ruler who wanted to build a grand palace in a single night.

08:30With supernatural strength,

08:32he began stacking enormous stones to create his masterpiece.

08:36But as the first light of dawn appeared,

08:39he realized he had failed to finish in time.

08:42Frustrated, he abandoned the project,

08:44leaving behind the massive rock formations that we see today.

08:48While this story isn't historical fact,

08:51it reflects how deeply Gnung Padang is embedded in the local culture.

08:56Even today, the site is considered a place of spiritual energy,

09:01attracting visitors who believe in its mystical power.

09:05Hindus from the island of Bali

09:07climb the mountain steps to conduct rituals

09:09related to the rising of the full moon.

09:13Followers of a variant of Indonesian martial art

09:15practice their discipline high on the mountain.

09:18As these sacred rituals continue,

09:20archaeology and geology keep trying to figure out

09:23if this really is the oldest man-made structure in the world.

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