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Mt Sadahurip pyramid to be investigated

31 January 2012
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Tags: Gunung Sadahurip (mountain)Java (island)pyramids
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A team of German archaeologists are reportedly investigating if there really is a pyramid at Mt Sadahurip in West Java.

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Drilling to Be Set Up to Reveal Garut Pyramid
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The controversy of a man-made pyramid-like structure in Mount Sadahurip or Mount Putri in Garut, West Java, will be uncovered in phases. After using georadar, geoelectric, contour photo and IFSAR photo, the Archaeological Catastrophic Team, in a short while will carry out a drilling.

One of the team members, Iwan Sumule, said that the drilling is aimed at furthering the study over the rock formation inside the mount.

“We will probably conduct preliminary excavation in March to study the rock formation,” Iwan Samule told VIVAnews, today, Jan 30.

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  1. Michael Chick says:
    14 years ago

    The first thing to check is to see if it’s on an east-west orientation. If it’s not, then most likely, it is a phenomena or “natural causes”….

  2. Alterity says:
    14 years ago

    a pyramid? Or what about a hill that looks like a pyramid?

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