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2023-11-04 Science & Technology

Scientists discover 'world's oldest' pyramid: New carbon dating shows Gunung Padang in Indonesia was built 10,000 years ago - making it THREE TIMES OLDER than Stonehenge and Egyptian pyramids

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-04 08:15|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 You can't carbon date stone, only organic material you find at the same site, which may or may not have been there since it was first built. So it is at least 10,000 years old.

Posted by Snusose Grumble8413 2023-11-04 09:35|| 2023-11-04 09:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Carbon Dating is a sensitive issue. I am certain great care was taken to assure results were as accurate as possible."Natawidjaja's team took pains to select the right organic soil samples from their drill cores and trench walls, samples that were not tainted by fresh roots from modern vegetation." Pier review before publishing most desired analysis. Problem then possibly years delay. Same problem dealing with hidden chamber within the great pyramid in Egypt. Zahi Abass Hawass a persistent thorn in ones backside. When you offer information that contradicts his pronouncements.

Posted by Dale 2023-11-04 10:29|| 2023-11-04 10:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Gunung Panang may be older than Stone Henge but it does not have a rock ballad. Hopefully, I will not mistakenly order an ancient pyramid when I next eat Thai.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-11-04 11:43|| 2023-11-04 11:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Was that before or after the Great Flood? We know there were people on this planet before the flood but details about what those people were doing are very, very sketchy.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-11-04 12:49|| 2023-11-04 12:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Of course, ancient astronaut theorists would theorize that all those massive stone columns could not have been moved into those positions without the help of extraterrestrials. But those theorists weren't there at the time and nobody really knows what kind of technology those ancient civilizations were able to develop on their own.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-11-04 12:54|| 2023-11-04 12:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Göbekli Tepe has this one beaten by a couple thousand years or so.

Not a pyramid, but required more engineering in its design and construction.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2023-11-04 15:48|| 2023-11-04 15:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Abu (#4) you are correct, if the making of the mound pyramid in Gunung Padang occurred before the flood of Noah (2370 bce), man certainly had the time to migrate from the area of Eden or "Land of Nod" in the 1,656 years from Adam to the Deluge. Since Adam was endowed with his God given language (most likely Hebrew) and could read and write; thoughts were passed down orally and in script whether written upon skins or carved in wood or stone. It would be extremely helpful should any art or writings or carvings are found in the excavation of the area. If it was built after The Flood, it would have had to been started after the dispersal of civilization from Babel in the days of Peleg no earlier than (100 years after the Flood) by the descendants of Shem that migrated into eastern Asia, with their definite change in language.

Posted by Ulinelet Hatrack7913 2023-11-04 17:34|| 2023-11-04 17:34|| Front Page Top

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