Articles below suggest civilizations were far more advanced in pre-historic times.
Archaeology breakthrough as sunken '12,000-years-old pyramid' could rewrite history
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By Holly Bishop
Published: 10/04/2025 - 08:55
If confirmed as man-made, the Yonaguni monument could reveal evidence of a previously unknown advanced society
A mysterious underwater structure near Taiwan could challenge everything we know about ancient civilisations.
The Yonaguni monument, discovered in 1986, sits just 82 feet below sea level near Japan's Ryukyu Islands.
The giant structure features sharp-angled steps and stands approximately 90 feet tall.
Its stone composition has led many experts to believe it was constructed by human hands rather than formed naturally.
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The Yonaguni monument, discovered in 1986, sits just 82 feet below sea level near Japan's Ryukyu IslandsWikimedia Commons
If confirmed as man-made, this sunken 'pyramid' could force historians to rewrite the timeline of human achievement.
Tests of the stone reveal it to be over 10,000 years old.
This suggests that if humans built this pyramid, they did so before the region sank underwater more than 12,000 years ago.
Such a timeline would place the Yonaguni monument thousands of years before other famous ancient structures, such as the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge.
If confirmed as man-made, this underwater monument could reveal evidence of a previously unknown advanced society.
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Tests of the stone reveal it to be over 10,000 years oldWikimedia Commons
The site recently gained widespread attention after scientists debated its origins on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
Author Graham Hancock, who focuses on lost civilisations, argued that photographs clearly show human-made features.
"To me, it's stunning that you see that as a totally natural thing, but I guess we've just got very different eyes," Hancock said.
He pointed to what appear to be arches, megaliths, steps, terraces and even a carved rock 'face'.
However, archaeologist Flint Dibble disagreed: "I've seen a lot of crazy natural stuff and I see nothing here that me reminds me of human architecture."
The Yonaguni monument is not the only ancient structure challenging conventional timelines.
Göbekli Tepe in Turkey dates back to around 9500 BC, over 5,000 years before the Egyptian pyramids.
This Pre-Pottery Neolithic site predates Stonehenge by roughly 6,000 years.
Studies suggest this 98-foot-deep 'megalith' could be over 16,000 years old.
In 2023, scientists claimed this structure could upend conventional wisdom about 'primitive' hunter-gatherer societies.
It potentially reveals the true 'engineering capabilities of ancient civilisations' long before previously thought possible.
Dr Masaaki Kimura, who tested the sandstone's age, maintains the case is still open for debate.
His findings suggest the structure would have been on dry land before sea levels rose at the end of the last Ice Age.
Studies show sea levels were approximately 400 feet lower 20,000 years ago.
However, Dr Robert Schoch of Boston University challenged this theory in 1999.
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'World’s oldest pyramid' built 25,000 years ago was not made by humans, archaeologists claim
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Researchers in Indonesia claim prehistoric pyramid could rewrite human historyWibbitz - News / VideoElephant
While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang pyramid in Indonesia was constructed as far back as 25,000 BC – though there has since been doubts as to whether the structure was ever man-made at all.
In research led by Danny Hilman Natawidjaja of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, and published in the journal Archaeological Prospection, the academics write that “the pyramid’s core consists of meticulously sculpted massive andesite lava” and that the “oldest construction” element of the pyramid “likely originated as a natural lava hill before being sculpted and then architecturally enveloped”.
They write: “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.
“Evidence from Gunung Padang and other sites, such as Gobekli Tepe [in Turkey], suggests that advanced construction practices were already present when agriculture had, perhaps, not yet been invented.”
The academics also claim that the builders “must have possessed remarkable masonry capabilities”, but one UK archaeologist has rubbished the paper, saying he is “surprised [it] was published as is”.
Flint Dibble, from Cardiff University, told the journal Nature that there is no clear evidence to suggest the buried layers were built by humans.
“Material rolling down a hill is going to, on average, orient itself,” he said, adding that there’s no evidence of “working or anything to indicate that it’s man-made”.
Meanwhile, Bill Farley, an archaeologist at Southern Connecticut State University, is credited as saying “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”.
Natawidjaja has responded to the criticism by saying “we are really open to researchers around the world who would like to come to Indonesia and do some research programme on Gunung Padang”, while the co-editor of Archaeological Prospection has confirmed an investigation has been launched into the paper.
This article was first published on 11th December 2023
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