Gunung Padang — natural formation or buried ancient structure?

Hey everyone,

I recently went down a rabbit hole on Gunung Padang in Indonesia, and I’m curious what people here think about it.

On the surface, it’s a well-documented megalithic site with stone terraces. But some studies — especially the more controversial ones — suggest there could be deeper layers beneath the hill that might be structured or even man-made.

Supporters of that idea point to things like:

• subsurface anomalies detected in surveys
• layered structures at different depths
• claims that parts of the site could be far older than currently accepted

Skeptics, on the other hand, argue that:

• the formations can be explained by volcanic processes
• the data is being overinterpreted
• there’s no solid archaeological evidence for a buried pyramid or similar structure

So I’m genuinely curious:

👉 Do you think there’s anything to these deeper structure claims?
👉 Or is this a case of natural geology being misread as something artificial?

Would be really interesting to hear different perspectives from this community.