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![Gunung Padang in Campaka village, Cianjur Regency, West Java, November 2018.
ANTARA/Nurul Ramadhan](https://images-tm.tempo.co/all/2024/01/28/853112/853112_400.jpg)
Doubting the Pyramid of Gunung Padang
Foreign archeologists doubt the site of Gunung Padang as the world’s oldest pyramid. A journal publisher is going to investigate.
Science & Technology Edisi : Monday, January 29, 2024
![A prototype of house with wall panels made from disposable baby diaper waste mixed with plasticizer in Padasuka, Cimenyan, Bandung Regency, West Java, December 19.
TEMPO/Prima Mulia](https://images-tm.tempo.co/all/2023/12/26/850238/850238_400.jpg)
Concrete House from Soiled Diapers
An alumnus from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) built a house made of materials from disposable diapers, reducing the need for sand in construction by 20-40 percent.
Science & Technology Edisi : Monday, December 25, 2023
![The entrance to the Upper Cisokan Hydropower Plant (PLTA) project in Rongga subdistrict, West Bandung Regency, West Java, January 31, 2017. Having completed the access road project, the construction of the Cisokan PLTA, which will the first power plant in Indonesia to use the pumped storage technology, is expected for completion by 2026.
TEMPO/Prima Mulia/File Photo](https://images-tm.tempo.co/all/2023/10/08/843692/843692_400.jpg)
Two-tiered Dam Hydropower Plant in West Java
Indonesia’s first pumped storage hydroelectric power plant will generate 1,040 megawatts, the largest capacity in the country.
Science & Technology Edisi : Monday, October 9, 2023
![A dance troupe performs Tari Merak (Peacock Dance) at the Gedung Sate, Bandung, West Java, September 18. Directed by Sundanese dance maestro Irawati Durban, the so-called Merak Sadunya performance involved around 1,000 dancers, some participating online, to commemorate the International Day of Peace.
TEMPO/Prima Mulia](https://images-tm.tempo.co/all/2022/09/26/811485/811485_400.jpg)
Promoting Tari Merak
Dancer and senior choreographer Irawati Durban with some 50 of her students and thousands of other dancers appeared in a colossal performance of the Merak Dance. Part of a campaign to promote the dance as intangible cultural heritage to UNESCO.
Arts Edisi : Monday, September 26, 2022
![Rancage 2022 Literary Awards Ceremony held online and relayed on the “Merajut Indonesia” Youtube channel. Youtube/Merajut Indonesia](https://images-tm.tempo.co/all/2022/02/07/793989/793989_400.jpg)
Literary Gems from Madura to Banjar
The 34th Anugerah Sastera Rancage (Rancage Literary Award) was held in appreciation of this year’s best literary works in local languages.
Arts Edisi : Monday, February 7, 2022
![Pyroclastic flows from the crater of Mount Semeru seen from Supiturang village, Lumajang, East Java, December 10.
ANTARA FOTO/Ari Bowo Sucipto](https://images-tm.tempo.co/all/2021/12/12/789628/789628_400.jpg)
Semeru’s Lava Dome Landslide
Mount Semeru eruption on December 4 was triggered by the lava dome collapse. Heavy rains on the mountain’s summit caused the lava dome to be unstable, it then came down as pyroclastic flows.