'Kim tự tháp cổ nhất thế giới' ở Indonesia? Một nghiên cứu thu hút sự hoài nghi

nghiên cứu được nhà xuất bản điều tra, đã gây ra tranh cãi về tuổi của một địa điểm khai quật một phần và đưa ra cảnh báo về nguy hiểm của việc tạo ra huyền thoại theo chủ nghĩa dân tộc
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In a mountainous corner of Indonesia lies a hill, dotted with stone terraces (ruộng bậc thang bằng đá), where people come from around the country to hold Islamic and Hindu rituals. Some say the site has a mystical air (không khí huyền bí), or even that it might hold buried treasure (kho báu bị chôn vùi).

Archaeologists say that the hill is a dormant volcano (núi lửa không hoạt động) and that ceramics recovered there so far suggest that humans have been using the site for several hundred years or more. But some Indonesians, including an earthquake geologist and a president who left office in 2014, have suggested that the site may have been built far earlier by an as-yet-undiscovered ancient civilization. Their narrative (chuyện kể) has spread for more than a decade within the country but not very far beyond it — until recently.

In 2022, a Netflix documentary series, “Ancient Apocalypse,” drew on the geologist's research for an episode about Gunung Padang. And in October, the geologist published an article in an international scientific journal that has fueled (tiếp nhiên liệu) an international dispute (tranh chấp quốc tế) over questions of science, ethics and ancient history.

In response, the study’s lead author, the earthquake geologist Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, says it has been misunderstood. His supporters include Graham Hancock, the British journalist who starred in the Netflix series and has argued — to his own critics — that archaeologists should be more open to theories that challenge academic orthodoxy.

source: nytimes,

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