article_snippet.sent: Egypt’s oldest pyramid was built almost 5,000 years ago but a similar structure  hidden beneath rubble could be up to four times older.
article_snippet.sent: A geologist claims that Egypt’s oldest pyramid is hidden under rubble (pictured) in West Java, which if true, could re-write pre-history in the region and shed light on a powerful and advanced ancient civilisation .
article_snippet.sent: In 1996, archaeologists discovered pyramids on the Atlantic coast of southern Brazil that sate to around 3,000 BC, making them a few hundred years older than Egypt's oldest pyramid.
article_snippet.sent: The Brazilian pyramids are made from shells and were probably built in phases over decades or even centuries, The Independent reported.
article_snippet.sent: For years, experts thought The Brazilian pyramids were simply piles of domestic rubbish.
article_snippet.sent: Egypt oldest known pyramid is the step pyramid of Djoser, which was built in around 2,700 BC.
article_snippet.sent: Egypt’s oldest known pyramid was built by a master builder called Imhotep for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser and is composed of six steps.