article_snippet.sent: If true, the claim could rewrite prehistory and shed light on an obscure yet powerful and advanced ancient civilisation.
article_snippet.sent: President Yudhoyono dubbed the dig a ‘task of history…of important value to humanity.'
article_snippet.sent: and a ‘task of history…of important value to humanity has yielded some ancient artefacts.
article_snippet.sent: People think the prehistoric age was primitive, but this monument proves that wrong.
article_snippet.sent: People think the prehistoric age was primitive, but this monument proves that wrong.
article_snippet.sent: However, Dr Hilman’s controversial findings are disputed and 34 Indonesian archaeologists and geologists have submitted a petition criticising the projects’ methods and motives.
article_snippet.sent: 34 Indonesian archaeologists and geologists say that the excavation threatens the preservation of the site as it is and are annoyed at the prospect of involving civilian archaeologists in the excavation.
article_snippet.sent: Another anonymous expert is sceptical that such an ancient civilisation could have been advanced enough to build a pyramid so many thousands of years ago, when  tools recovered from a nearby cave, dating to 7,000 BC were very primitive.
highlights_snippet.sent: Could re-write pre-history, but other experts claim excavation is flawed .