For some reason, it so happened that the Slavs in the West have always been considered Asians and barbarians who were not able to build anything monumental. It turns out that not everything is so simple. The analogy with Stonehenge deserves oldest city Arkaim near Chelyabinsk. But we are not talking about him, but about another interesting find.
In 1994, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the town of Visoko, military clashes took place between Orthodox Serbs and Bosnian Muslims. Artillery volleys that sounded close to the Visočica mountain caused a mysterious rumble and strange vibrations emanating from it and hinting that they were empty inside it. Since ancient times, this mountain has been shrouded in an aura of legends and secrets. Locals they often found skillfully carved stones in its vicinity and used them to decorate their homes.
Everything would have remained at the level of gossip and mysterious conjectures, if Visoko had not been visited by the investigator of the pyramids South America Semir Osmanagich. Deciding to check the local legends, in August 2005, after taking samples of the earth, he suggested that the Temporah was a partially man-made pyramid with a height of 220 m.
In the spring of the following year, large-scale excavations began in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the efforts of a volunteer. A few days later, having cleared a meter-long layers of the earth, the researchers found large artificial stone blocks fitted to each other. Moreover, there are stone slabs on all 4 sides of the mountain. Aerial photography and satellite connection showed that its 2 sides are perfectly straight, with equal angles. The mountain was named the Pyramid of the Sun by analogy with the South American ones. They are similar to each other with a flat top.
Many European archaeologists reacted to the new discovery, to put it mildly, cool. The main point before the house was the assertion that there simply cannot be such structures in Bosnia and Herzegoviz. Moreover, almost none of them personally bothered to come directly to the object. Egyptian archaeologists have also expressed their critical attitude. Despite the obvious distrust, Semir's supporters grew more and more. The Institute of Geodesy of Bosnia stated that the sides of the pyramid are directed to the corresponding cardinal points, with the northern one oriented towards the pole star. This is another similarity with the South American and Egyptian pyramids.
The use of radar and thermal photography called to find 3 more hills, similar to pyramids, in the same area. Stone blocks of artificial origin were dug almost immediately. In the spring of 2006, it was announced that new pyramids had been discovered - Dragon, Moon and Love.
They were natural hills, which ancient architects shaped into pyramids by lining the edges with slabs and creating numerous terraces. This set them apart from other pyramids.
Semir Osmanagic did not initially claim that the Bosnian pyramids were entirely man-made from base to top. According to his observations, they are rather natural mountains, which in ancient times artificially invented the shape of regular pyramids, and then lined them with stone blocks and slabs.
Even more surprising was the conclusion of scientists about the age of the soil layer on the pyramids. Taking into account the local climate, it was estimated at 9000-11000 years. The earth here grew 10 mm thicker every 200 years. Now the layer thickness is from 400 to 1500 mm, depending on specific location... It should be borne in mind that this is only the period of abandonment of the pyramids, and they could have been erected much earlier - 10,000 BC. e. The sides of the pyramids fit together at the same angles, forming edges that could not appear naturally on 3 objects at the same time.
In the winter of 2006-2007. tunnels were cleared. The entrances to them were located several kilometers from the pyramids. They all lead under the pyramids. The closer they are to the pyramids, the smoother the walls of the passages become, and the masonry appears on the floor.
In the summer of 2007, a large smooth stone was found in the tunnel, covered with inscriptions similar to runic symbols and in appearance resembling modern letters E and Y. There were no dead animals and insects in the tunnels, although it is logical to assume that rodents, beetles, etc. will settle in the voids. . P.
The archives did not find any mention of the fact that these tunnels could have been built by the military sometime before. Modern military assumptions about their involvement have also been rejected. NATO had nothing to do with it either. It is assumed that the passages lead to the interior of the pyramid.
Tourists from all over the world began to come to Visoko. Many came to support the archaeologists working on the excavations, but some tried to compromise the discovery. The opinions of scientists around the world were divided into those who recognize the fact of the existence of pyramids and deny it. However, the latter are becoming less and less.
The photo of the 1st open pyramid took the first place of honor in the list of top photographs of 2006 according to the National Geographer magazine. The find was frequently reported in the news around the world. Semir Osmanagich became one of the most recognizable people in Europe.
In the spring of 2007, excavations on the territory of all pyramids resumed. The method of point excavation was used: a certain area was selected and thoroughly studied. Soon, archaeologists discovered a large number of man-made stone structures decorated with ornaments, strange lines and grooves. Ornaments were classified as decorative elements, and the lines had an incomprehensible purpose, testifying to an unknown culture. At the same time, almost undamaged, smoothly worked heavy slabs of the Vratnitsa Hill were unearthed. Although it is not a pyramid, it is characterized by a rather complex structure of the same stone-concrete blocks as in the neighboring pyramids. Apparently, this is an ancient temple or palace complex.
In the summer of 2007, several culturologists and archaeologists from Bosnia and Europe announced that the excavation should be stopped as it could damage the medieval monuments of Visoko. These statements were initiated by orthodox archaeologists who do not believe in the possibility of the existence of pyramids in this small and unremarkable country. But after the country's government and the president showed support for the project and allocated funds, the positions of skeptical scientists did not play a big role in the continuation of research.
In the middle of summer, academician O. B. Khavroshkin from Russian academy Sciences and specialist in anomalous seismology and geophysics of the Schmidt Institute of the Earth, Professor V.V. Tsyplakov. They stayed at the excavation site for a week. According to Khavroshkin, the stone blocks were clearly man-made. Scientists took some samples with them to Moscow for study, and the archaeological park was given the appropriate scientific status. In the fall of 2007, the scientific report "Seismoacoustic fields and signals of the Visoko region: tunnels, pyramid-like formations" appeared. It argued that the seismoacoustic fields of the Bosnian pyramids resemble those of the Egyptian ones.
In August 2007, a pyramid specialist from Cairo, Nibil M.A. Svelim, who discovered 4 pyramids in Egypt, after a long stay in excavations and Bosnia, announced that in Visoko we have the largest pyramid in the world, whose amazing and complex architectural design has great importance for the whole world. "
In September 2007, near the pyramid of the Moon, at a depth of one meter below, a masonry was discovered, rising in terraces to the pyramid, and in the Vratnitsa Hill, blocks similar to those of which the great Egyptian pyramids were made. In October, another excavation season ended on the surface, but not in the tunnels.
The Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids is a kind of litmus test for scientists on the objectivity of judgments, the desire for knowledge and openness of thinking. For example, Professor Gerrett G. Fegan of the American Pennsylvania state university, known for his irreconcilable approach to everything new in archeology, declared in the spring of 2006 that the excavations pose a danger to the archaeological sites of Visoko. He called all researchers who do not support the official archaeological doctrine pseudo-archaeologists. Soon, the conclusion of the Federal Ministry of Culture of Bosnia appeared, which confirmed the absolute safety of excavations for the archaeological sites of the neighboring town. Excavations were carried out in hundreds of meters about g medieval town... However, this did not in the least embarrass the professor and he did not consider it necessary to defend his scientific honesty.
Archaeologist Curtis Runnel, who works at Boston University and specializes in the Balkans and Greece, believed that the pyramids could not have been built by man, since in the period from 27,000 to 12,000 BC. e. this area was under a glacier, and the climate was very dry and cold. Accordingly, civilization could not develop to the level to build pyramids. However, and this is no secret, the glacier did not cover the present territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. If we clarify the information on the climate, it turns out that the average temperature was then only 5 ° C lower than the current one. So this territory was then the most favorable place in Europe.
Professor of natural sciences at the College of General Knowledge at Boston University, renowned geologist Robert Schoch, who became famous for having "aged" the Egyptian Sphinx by 6000-7000 years, after examining the Bosnian pyramids, said that "for every proof of Mr. Osmanagic about the presence of artifacts, there is a geological explanation." ...
President of the European Association of Archaeologists, Professor Anthony Harting, said in a letter to British Time magazine that the assumption of a pyramid in Bosnia is ridiculous and misleading.
However, here the authoritative scientist enters into an obvious contradiction with the facts, which does not benefit the reputation of archeology as a science.
The report of Dr. Ali A. Barakat, a representative of the Egyptian Mineral Resources Administration in charge of geological survey of the area, states: 3 studied mountains (Visočica, Buchki Gai and Pleshevitsa) are highly likely to represent natural mountainstransformed by human efforts during one or more historical periods. Overwhelming evidence of human-formed regular pyramids has been hidden under later cultural layers or as a result of tectonic erosion.
Geodetic research by Enver Buza from the Geodetic Institute in Sarajevo led to the conclusion that the best-preserved northern face of the 1st open pyramid has the shape of a regular triangle with equal sides converging to the apex at an angle of 60 °. Evaluating the remnants of the eastern and western faces, the specialist suggested that they initially had a similar shape. The sides are oriented exactly to the cardinal points, and the north star is directed to the North Star with a deviation of within 12 arc seconds.
The German company of construction and survey projects in 2006, in order to detect inhomogeneous in the ground, carried out research here with a geophysical radar for underground scanning. The measurements were carried out using 2 radars with different frequencies. The maximum covered depth was 20 m. The results were very interesting. A large number of irregularities such as large stone slabs and other strong signal reflectors were found. 44 promising sites have been identified at depths ranging from 80 cm to 5 m.
As already mentioned, in parallel with excavations on the surface of the earth, work was also carried out in underground tunnels connecting the caves and chambers. Spring 2009 online underground passages discovered stalagmites and stalactites, samples of which were examined in Poland.
Since the stalagmites have grown in the collapsed branch of the tunnel, its age must be greater than theirs. The scientists' report, signed by Professor Anna Pazdur, testified that the stalagmites appeared in the range from 5005 to 5155 years ago. That is, the minimum age of the tunnel has been set, and the upper limit is still waiting in the wings.
The specificity of Bosnian ancient structures is the frequent use by builders of concrete mortar, from which, apparently, the bulk of huge blocks were created, for example, in the steps of the pyramid of the Sun. Cladding of steps and ceilings in underground tunnels is also done with concrete. At first, this assumption seemed absurd, but according to the results of studies in 3 independent institutes, it was confirmed.
Their conclusions were drawn by the Kemal Kapetanovic Institute at the Bosnian University of Zenica and the French Institute of Geopolymers, and then at the beginning of 2010 the Polytechnic University of Turin joined. He confirmed the positive conclusions of previous examinations. There is a laboratory in Turin for the analysis of building materials. The use of chemical and diffractometric analyzes has convincingly shown that both the substance from which the blocks are made and "sandstone" are nothing more than an artificially created material such as concrete.
There is a lot of information on the Internet about the Bosnian pyramids and other artifacts associated with them, such as large stone balls found in the forest, or stone obelisks crowned with a pyramid and a ball. The most informative of all, apparently, is the official site of the archaeological project.
Probably the most impressive confirmation of this extraordinary discovery can be considered the discovered imprint of an ancient builder's sandal, left on the surface of the cladding.
The story of the Bosnian pyramids sometimes resembles a real thriller. After Semir Osmanagich made his discovery in 2005, a real war is being waged against him. A lot of slanderous material and obvious slander began to appear in the media. He was even called "Bosnian Hitler", accused of intending to unleash a civil war, branded a charlatan, a sorcerer. Meanwhile, he researched the ancient civilizations of Latin America for 15 years, and defended his dissertation on the Maya tribe. He is the only major specialist in the Mayan civilization and their famous calendar in the Balkans. Semir personally examined over 200 pyramids in Latin America. To accuse him of frivolity is somehow illogical.
Opponents of research related to the Bosnian pyramids are doing their best to damage the reputation of the researchers. This is the price to pay for a breath of fresh air in the stagnant understanding of human history. Archeology is not for nothing considered the most conservative and ossified science, in which the rules are often adhered to: if the facts contradict the theory, so much the worse for the facts.
In 1994, near the town of Visoko, 22 km. from Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, fighting was fought between Serbs and Bosnian Muslims. During the shelling, residents of the city heard a strange hum and "vibrations" that emanated from Mount Visočica, as if there was a void inside it.
For centuries in Bosnia, this mountain was shrouded in an aura of legends and secrets. For many generations, the inhabitants of Visoko have used skillfully cut stones with strange patterns found in the vicinity of the mountain to decorate the facades of houses and hedges.
But further talk about the mysterious mountain did not go until the summer of 2005. Semir Osmanagic, an independent researcher who has devoted 15 years to studying the pyramids of Latin America, did not come to Visoko. In August 2005, after taking the first ground wagons, Osmanagich made a daring assumption that Mount Visočica is nothing more than a huge pyramid, 220 meters high!
The large-scale exploration and excavation at Visoko began on April 14, 2006, when dozens of volunteers began excavating at several points on Mount Visočica. A few days later, under a meter layer of earth, huge man-made stone blocks were discovered, docked to each other. The sensation followed one another. They began to bump into stone slabs on all sides of Visochitsa. Aerial photography testified to "geophysical anomalies": the two sides of the mountain were absolutely straight and formed equal angles. Photos from satellites and a helicopter added new arguments for the existence of the tallest and first pyramid in Europe.
Mount Visočica began to be called the Pyramid of the Sun, according to the manner mexican pyramids, with which it has a lot in common due to the truncated top.
Some European archaeologists were very skeptical about the excavation and the very idea of \u200b\u200ba pyramid in Bosnia, while none of them bothered to visit Visoko. But every day Osmanazhich's supporters became more and more. Two famous scientists from Egypt: the geologist Barakat and the archaeologist El Hadidi admitted that the stone blocks that laid out the entire pyramid of the Sun are very ancient and, most importantly, of artificial origin. With a length of 2 to 3 meters, the blocks are concrete, the composition of the mixture of which is significantly different from the modern one. The concrete version was confirmed by a number of institutes in Bosnia, including the Construction Institute in Sarajevo. The Institute of Geodesy of Bosnia made a sensational statement that all 4 sides of the pyramid are oriented to the cardinal points, while the northern one is directed to the North Star. It is known that the pyramids in Egypt and Mexico are also oriented.
Further research using radar and thermal photography technologies revealed new “geologically anomalous zones” on the outskirts of Visoko. They turned out to be three pyramidal-shaped hills, where in the first days of excavations, stone blocks of artificial origin were found.
Thus, in May 2006, the world became aware of the discovery of new pyramids: the Moon, Dragon and Love (very romantic names), as well as the fact that they do not fit into the known understanding of the pyramids, since they are hills of natural origin, which ancient architects gave a pyramidal shape, lining the walls with artificial slabs and numerous terraces.
On the plateau around the pyramid of the Moon, identical stone slabs are laid out, very reminiscent of the modern urban paving stones.
Even more controversy erupted over the age of the pyramids and their builders. Semir Osmanazhich, a staunch supporter of alternative history, from the first days of excavations estimated the age of the pyramids at 10-12 thousand years, but the most outrageous for official archeology was his statement about the builders of prehistoric statues - Atlanteans or Hyperboreans, whose existence Osmanazhich does not doubt.
To the surprise of skeptics, scientists have established, taking into account the local climate, the age of the soil layer at 8-12 thousand years, which covers all the pyramids, where 1 cm of soil was formed every 200 years and reached from 40 cm to 1.5 meters today. But few people drew conclusions from laboratory research, which revealed only the number of millennia that the pyramids are in an abandoned state, while the date of their erection could have been much earlier than 10 thousand years BC!
Another proof was the excavations at the junctions of the sides of the pyramids, which showed the presence of even corners, the so-called "ribs", which could not have formed naturally, geologically, moreover, on 3 objects at once.
By the fall, a project was developed for the complete clearing of one side of the pyramid of the Sun and two "ribs", which is expected to be completed by the end of 2008. It may seem that this is a very long time, but just to clear one side of the pyramid, it will take thousands of tons of soil to be removed, the work of hundreds of volunteers and huge cash costs. As you can see in the photographs, the pyramids are overgrown with trees and grass, which makes the work very difficult. Volunteers lower the carts loaded with soil at a steep slope; heavy machinery is not used for excavation for obvious reasons.
With the onset of cold weather in 2006. excavations were halted until the spring of 2007, but the clearing of the tunnels, opened in May, did not stop in winter. The entrances to the tunnels were found a few kilometers from the pyramids and were immediately convinced that they all lead under their base. The height of the tunnels is in human height and as they approach the pyramids, their walls acquire an ever smoother appearance, and well-preserved masonry can be seen at the bottom.
In June, a large smooth stone was found in the tunnel with inscriptions reminiscent of runic symbols and modern letters E and Y. But the most inexplicable is the absence of dead animals and insects in the tunnel: logically, rodents, beetles, etc. could have lived in the remaining voids. the earthen rock should have left traces of them, but none were found.
After an appeal to the archives and to the military departments, the skeptics' assumptions about the construction of tunnels in the Middle Ages or in the 1992-1995 war. disappeared, since there is no historical mention of them in the archives, the military also rejected the hypothesis of their communion. Rumors about the construction of tunnels by the NATO military have not been confirmed. The tunnels can lead to the inner rooms (halls) of the pyramids.
In one year, the small provincial town of Visoko was visited by 250 thousand tourists from all over the world. Archaeologists, geologists, independent scientists and researchers from Austria, Egypt, Turkey, Serbia, Italy, USA, England, Germany, France, Jordan, Syria came to Visoko in order to support Osmanazic and his sensational discovery, refute him, or even slander ... The world scientific community has split into two camps of those who recognize the existence of pyramids in Bosnia and those who do not. The number of the latter is decreasing every month.
More than 13 thousand km from Vladivostok to Bosnia. and, it would seem, nothing could connect us if it were not for Mount Pidan, which, like the pyramids in Visoko, is located at the same 43 degree North latitude, which confirms the theory of the interconnection of megalithic structures throughout the world.
By the spring of 2007, the Archaeological Park of the Bosnian Pyramids was visited by 250 thousand tourists from all over the world, the photo of the Pyramid of the Sun was included in the list of 10 most important photographs of 2006 by National Geographic magazine. Most news channels in the world reported the discovery of the pyramids in Bosnia. Semir Osmanazhich became a hero for millions and one of the most recognizable people in Europe.
Small european state Bosnia and Herzegovina, torn apart by a bloody civil war 12 years ago, has received another reason to finally unite and forget the horrors of the past for the sake of the right of its country to be considered the land of the great pyramids.
The second year of excavations began in April, although they did not stop in the tunnels in winter. The study area covered five pyramids and the area around it, a large complex of tunnels. As in 2006, the tactic of point excavations was used: at each object (except for tunnels), areas of different areas are selected for detailed study. Such a technique helps to assess the entire colossalness of the structure, to provide irrefutable evidence to skeptics, as well as to draw up models and maps for excavations in subsequent years.
In May, many ornamental man-made constructions were found, as well as mysterious lines and stripes resembling gutters in masonry. If the ornament on small stone tiles was part of the decorative facing of the pyramid, then these lines cannot be explained, they testify to a hitherto unknown culture.
At the same time, well-preserved and smoothly polished multi-ton slabs of the Vratnica hill were found, which, without having a pyramidal shape, is a complex structure of stone-concrete blocks identical to those found on the nearby pyramids. Vratnitsa is a prehistoric temple or palace complex.
In June, another controversy over the discovery flared up: a group of cultural scientists and archaeologists from Bosnia and Europe called for an end to the excavation, as it could harm the medieval monuments of Visoko. The archaeological lobby was behind the statements of this kind, which from the very beginning was skeptical about the very fact of the pyramids in Bosnia. "Cabinet archaeologists", as Osmanajik called them, lasted only 15 minutes in the Archaeological Park to make statements about the absence of pyramids in Bosnia. I wonder if all the great archeologists made their conclusions in 15 minutes ?!
A big victory was the support of the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and then the president of the country himself, who visited the Archaeological Park and allocated an item in the budget to provide material assistance in the excavation.
But the biggest scientific findings and statements were made in the second half of the summer. In July, two Russian scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences flew to the Archaeological Park for a week-long visit: the director of the Schmidt Institute for the Earth, a former member of the Apollo space project, the world-renowned specialist in the study of pyramids by the geophysical method, academician Oleg Borisovich Khavroshkin and an anomalous seismology and geophysics, professor Vladislav Tsiplakov.
Being at the excavation site of O.B. Khavroshkin made a sensational statement: "before us are stone blocks not of natural, but of artificial origin." So for the first time, Russian scientists confirmed the existence of pyramids in Bosnia. Taking samples for research in Moscow, the scientists announced the reliability of the discovery of the pyramids and gave the Archaeological Park a greater scientific status.
In the fall of 2007, the scientific report "Seismoacoustic fields and signals of the Visoko region: tunnels, pyramid-like formations" was presented to the public.
"A description of the area of \u200b\u200bVisoko and pyramid-like rock formations is given in the report by S. Osmanagich. As the experience of studying the Egyptian pyramids as geophysical systems has shown, their seismoacoustic fields are highly informative. New data were obtained from records of seismic fields and signals in the tunnels of the CPC and near the pyramid of the Sun, as well as at the well (pyramid of the Month). The seismic velocities of the underlying rocks have been determined, and the spectral analysis of the noise indicates the possible existence of hidden cavities. Active and passive seismics of all pyramid-like structures have revealed some of their features, which are somewhat similar to the Egyptian pyramids: seismoacoustic emission, insignificant signal focusing along the base-top path; a stable set of spectral peak frequencies. "
In August, the Egyptologist and pyramidologist Nabil M.A. Swelim (Dr. Nabil M.A. Swelim) from Cairo, world famous for having discovered four pyramids in Egypt including the 20 meter pyramid of Abu Rawash, after a long excavation work stated:
"In Visoko we have the largest pyramid in the world, whose amazing and intricate architectural design is of great importance to the whole world."
A month before the end of the excavations at the base of the pyramid of the Moon, where no excavations had been carried out before at a depth of one meter, well-preserved stonework was uncovered, which ascends in terraces to the pyramid itself. And in the Vratnitsa temple complex, new stone blocks were discovered, strongly resembling the blocks from which the great Egyptian pyramids were built.
On October 27, the second season of excavation of the pyramids in Visoko ended, except for the tunnels. By the end of 2007, more than 400 thousand people from 80 countries of the world visited the Archaeological Park. The ambassadors of Italy, Austria, Germany, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Poland, Croatia, Serbia and Greece in Bosnia and Herzegovina visited the excavation sites, showing great interest in the discovery of the pyramids on behalf of their leaders. The Chinese ambassador came to Visoko twice to meet with Semir Osmanazhich.
Yakovenko Maxim
The "Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids" is and will be, because of its uniqueness, an important exam for scientists and tourists from all over the world. To reveal all the secrets, it will take experience, knowledge and creativity open to the unknown people. But let's analyze together some of the reactions of those experts in the scientific community who were among the first to express their attitude to the project, refusing to support any kind of research.
Professor Garrett G. Fagan of American Pensselwan State University said in the London Times: "The excavation will destroy the archaeological site of Visoko. It would be if someone gave permission to raze Stonehenge to find the mysterious labyrinths of a lost ancient underground. wisdom ".
Professor Garrett, known as the "defender of traditional archeology" is leading a real crusade against new and fresh knowledge in archeology. He disrespectfully attacks independent researchers like Mr. Graham Hancock, calling them his favorite term "pseudo-archaeologists."
A stunning article in Professor Garrett's Times appeared on April 15th, 2006, just as we started digging the Pyramid of the Sun. A month later, the Federal Ministry of Culture formed a group of experts who confirmed that the excavation site was located hundreds of meters from the medieval town of Visoka and did not threaten the archaeological memorial in any way.
Has Professor Garrett sent an apology to our Foundation, to the Times in London, or to the general public? No, he didn't. What happened to his moral and scientific integrity?
Archeology professor Curtis Runnel, an expert on the ancient history of the Balkans and Greece at Boston University, said: "The Balkan Peninsula and the chain of mountains were covered with glaciers between 27,000 and 12,000 years ago ... the region had a very cold and dry climate ..." thus, the specialist wants to emphasize that given climatic conditions in central Bosnia, it was impossible for society to evolve to the point of building pyramids.
But there is one fact that everyone can check for themselves: First, the current territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina was never covered with glaciers during the last ice age. All territories north of Austria (Germany, Poland and the Scandinavian states) were only partially covered with ice sheets, while Bosnia and the Adriatic Sea remained ice-free. Secondly, the Balkan Peninsula was not only free of glaciers, but also very favorable from a climatic point of view. The average temperature was only 5 degrees Celsius lower than today. And it shouldn't be surprising why the Balkans were Europe's protected cultural oasis.
Professor Anthony Harting, President of the European Association of Archaeologists, in his letter to the editors of Time magazine describes Osmanazic's hypothesis of the existence of the pyramids as "absurd" and "misleading" and expresses his concern about the Bosnian cultural heritagewho are in danger of being robbed of an unauthorized exploration (ie, in danger from exploration of the pyramids. Translator's note).
Professor Harting, please take a closer look at the aerial photograph of the Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun. The pyramid has a geometric shape. Does this remind you of a cylinder, a circle, an irregular hill, or a pyramid formed by four triangles? Why should we call "absurd" what can be seen with our own eyes? Visocica hill, or better the "Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun" is a pyramid.
Let's also look at a topographic or satellite map showing the three sides of the pyramid (east, north and west). I think that should be enough to attract everyone's curiosity, including yours.
Considering the fact that all four sides of the "Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun" are oriented in four coordinated directions (like the greatest pyramids in the world), it becomes obvious even for a student that we are faced with a hypothesis that is not "absurd" as one wishes to believe.
Ongoing criticism of our research as an attempted robbery, untested or unapproved project has been completely unfounded. Because the Fund informs the world community on a daily basis about the progress of the excavations, reports and reports. There is no "robbery" here, only science and research. Perhaps Harting finds our concept of open research uncomfortable? We realize that the Bosnian Pyramid Valley is part of the world's cultural heritage, and not the private property of some scientific elite. The door is open to everyone, we welcome everyone without charging an entrance fee.
Robert Schoch, Professor of Natural Science at the College of General Studies at Boston University, concluded that “for every evidence from Mr. Osmanazic about the presence of artifacts, there is a geological explanation ".
For now, let's take a closer look at the following examples that will help you make the best decision about who and what to believe. Should we believe the American geologist, known in the archaeological community for his theory about the oldest age of the Sphinx, or sound reasoning?
Let's start with an image showing the stone blocks located on the north side of the "Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun". From the point of view of the observer, you can see that we have a rectangular geometric shape with a straight and even surface on all sides, each of which is inclined at an angle of 90 degrees. The connection of the blocks forms a straight line. Four levels of stone blocks are visible, a common method for building monuments. Who created all this? Of course people, not Mother Nature. According to the final analysis of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Tuzla, we have to deal with high quality building materials.
Now let's take a look at the stone blocks of the terrace found on the south side of the "Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon". At the top of the pyramid of the moon, one can clearly see various stone levels with undulating erosion on the surface, as on stone blocks found in other parts of the pyramid; at the bottom of the prehistoric structure, we dug out a large stone block of high quality concrete. Bonding material was found between the stone levels and between the blocks. According to physical, chemical and macroscopic analysis, this material is identical in composition, which is proof that both structures (the pyramid of the Sun and the pyramid of the Moon) were built by the same builders who used the same construction method and material at the same time. ...
There is a vertical stone wall at the base of the pyramid. It was excavated under a meter layer of earth in the northwestern part of the pyramid of the moon. The sandstone level is located directly above the vertical wall level.
And so we ask Professor Shocha again: Are Builders people or Mother Nature?
Thousands of people have had the opportunity to make sure that the huge and massive stone blocks, part of the terrace located on the western part of the pyramid of the Moon, are the result of human activity. So why does Dr. Schoch claim that this is Mother Nature's work?
Paul Heinrich, a geologist at the Louisiana Geological Survey of Louisiana State University, says: “It looks like a hill made of inclined stone slabs. Natural origin Osmanazic interprets the prevailing sand stones held together as separate building blocks of the pyramid ... "
And further ... "Other incredible interpretations of Osmanazic," continues Heinrich, "... extend to the origin of spherical stones, shaped like artificial stone balls, and to the so-called tunnels, which, according to Osmanazic, are only part of the discovery ...". Heinrich continues: "... Osmanazic introduces to his discovery old mines (mining in this area has been going on for more than 1000 years) or caves ...", - ending with the words: "The best analogy that I can give this is Himara: a mythological creature collected in one of the various parts. Unrelated components, in this case, artificial and natural, are mistakenly put together. "
When I read such statements, one question always arises in my head: How many of the most important archaeological sites around the world are declared natural formations thanks to such "experts"?
Didn't anyone have the idea to turn to the bricklayers who work with the material every day, before coming to a conclusion about the natural or artificial origin of stone slabs? We have dozens of bricklayers in our area, and each of them confirmed that the material found was undoubtedly concrete. The final results, confirming the theory of the artificial origin of stone blocks, were provided by the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Tuzla (GIT), having conducted studies of various samples from two locations (Pyramids of the Sun and Pyramids of the Moon). Dr. Heinrich must have extremely excellent eyesight to come to such a serious conclusion that: "the compressed rock layers formed under the influence of groundwater ..." without visiting the object itself! In contrast, we have the conclusions of the GIT from Tuzla and the Egyptian geologist Dr. Aly Barakat. Ali Barakat spent more than five weeks on the pyramids, he fully agrees with experts from Tuzla that the bonding material and stone slabs are very similar to the material used in the construction of ancient Egyptian temple complexes.
Professor Heinrich says that "the so-called tunnels ..." - that I discovered, could be "anything ...". Tunnels cannot be "so called"! If he only resorted to the well-known method of visiting archaeological sites, he would know that the tunnel system does exist. It consists of underground intersections at 45 and 90 degrees, ventilation outlets that provide fresh air. These are all signs that we are facing a complex and important prehistoric complex.
But Heinrich teaches that "the so-called tunnels ... old mines or natural caves ...". The erroneous assumption that these "mines" were rejected many times by a group of experts from Zenica, Breza and Banovici, who already in April 2006 confirmed that these were not mines, but tunnels made by people for unknown purposes. In addition, I would like to remind everyone of our theory that a complex of tunnels connects all the pyramids of the Visoko valley.
In the next image we see children from Visoko inside the "burrows", thus the entrance to the tunnels has been known for several decades, so it was not Mr. Osmanazic who discovered the "so-called" tunnels. Anyone can determine the artificial origin of these "holes" and conclude that they are not natural food.
In addition, inside the tunnels, we found various megalithic slabs (megaliths) processed by man in the distant past, perhaps they served as a place for religious ceremonies.
Another superficial decision of Professor Heinrich concerns the stone spheres that have been found in various parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which he identified as "natural" stones.
If Professor Heinrich goes back to his early school days, he will find out that natural materials have never met in a spherical shape, as in this case granite stones. Granite stones can never be found in perfect spherical shape. Let's take a look at the stone balls found in the town of Teochak in Tuzla.
Eight such spheres were found (of the same size, perfect shape, made of granite). I would suggest Heinrich visit Bosnia first before coming to any conclusions. And what about the stone spheres found in Maglag or Zavidovici, where The Archaeological Foundation of "Bosnian Stone Balls" was recently opened. These stone spheres are a prehistoric phenomenon, objectively speaking, the product of human intervention. It seems that geologists were instructed in advance that everything is done by Mother Nature, while common sense has to overcome their clichés and superficial assessments.
Our answer to all scientists and researchers, including our opponents, is very simple - with our common work, excavation and analysis, we will prove our hypotheses. We welcome everyone to the Archaeological Park of the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids!
Semir Osmanagic
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Pyramids are the most ancient structures, the true purpose of which is still unknown. The most famous in the world are the pyramids of Giza (Egypt). Later, when the New World was discovered, the Europeans discovered that pyramids also exist on the American continent, already in the 20th century, pyramids were discovered in China, and then a whole series of pyramids hiding at the bottom of the ocean, near Japan, Cuba, Bermuda... But perhaps the most sensational and unexpected discovery took place at the beginning of the 21st century. It happened in Europe, or rather in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It is in the European country of Bosnia that are believed to be the oldest pyramids on our planet. The Bosnian pyramids turned out to be a sensation for the entire scientific world. The discovery belongs to the professor of archeology and doctor of sociology at the University of Sarajevo, Semir Osmanadzic. Once a friend of Osmanadzic from Houston who worked at NASA showed a Bosnian scientist a satellite image of central Bosnia. The picture showed the familiar places where Semir was born and raised. Looking at the surroundings of his native town - Zenitsa, he drew attention to the mountain peaks near the neighboring village of Visoko. What the scientist saw there amazed him, the three mountains adjacent to Visoko had distinct diagonals that intersected at right angles.
Many years of experience as a researcher of the pyramids of Mesoamerica helped to immediately determine that these structures were clearly of artificial origin. Thus, NASA imagery was the key to the sensational discovery. The discovery of the Bosnian pyramids by the scientific community was met with controversy. Even in Bosnia itself, science officials refused to acknowledge that the pyramids near Visoko were man-made structures. A high commission from the Ministry of Culture from Sarajevo, arriving in Visoko to study the pyramids, without even bothering to devote a little time to examine them, expressed their opinion that these are formations of natural origin.
Pyramid of the Sun and others.
Semir Osmanadzic in 2005 began to carry out excavations near Mount Visočica, later called the Pyramid of the Sun. The result of these studies was the discovery of a complex consisting of 5 pyramids. The Bosnian archaeologist borrowed the names of the Central American pyramids for the pyramids he discovered. The largest pyramid was called the Pyramid of the Sun, the rest of the pyramids were named after the Moon, the Bosnian Serpent, Earth and Love. The Pyramid of the Sun rises 220 meters above the ground, which is significantly higher than the Pyramid of Cheops, the highest pyramid of Giza with a height of 146.6 m. Above the Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun, only the Great White Pyramid, located in the Chinese province of Shangsi. The height of this pyramid is over 300 meters!
An extensive network of tunnels connecting the pyramids with each other was discovered under the pyramidal complex. Semir suggests that the age of the pyramids can range from 12 to 40 thousand years! These assumptions shocked some adherents of traditional history, who assert that there are practically no blank spots in the history of human civilization, and split the scientific world. Part of the scientific community declared Semir Osmanadzic a "hoaxer", another part recognized his discovery as a genius. According to Osmanadzic's opponents, these pyramids are natural formations and have nothing to do with artificial structures.
Specialist in ancient history Balkan professor of archeology at Boston University Curtis Runnel argues that between 27 and 12 millennia, the Balkan Peninsula was covered with glaciers, and the climate was too cold, and in such conditions no human civilization could develop. Another representative of the scientific world, President of the Association of European Archaeologists, Anthony Harting, published an article in Time magazine, where he expressed some concern about the cultural heritage of Bosnia and called Osmanadzic's hypothesis "absurd and" misleading. "
Nevertheless, there are facts that are easy for anyone to check. It has been proven that during the last ice age the territory on which modern Bosnia is located was never covered with glaciers, the glaciers managed to reach only the territory of the modern countries of Scandinavia, Germany and Poland, they did not reach further. During these times, the Adriatic Sea and the entire Balkan Peninsula, including Bosnia, remained free of glaciers and had a fairly comfortable temperature only 5 degrees below modern. Thus, the conditions for the development of civilization there were quite acceptable.
According to Semir Osmanadzic, the discovery of the Bosnian pyramids can turn not only the history of Europe, but the entire world. As the scientist suggests, the pyramids he found are at least 12,000 years old. Which is much more than the age of the Egyptian pyramids, if we take as a basis the official version of their construction III millennium BC. e.
Pyramids - sources of energy for the ancients?
And so, let's return to the discoveries of Professor Osmanadzic, made by him as a result of research and excavations near the city of Visoko since 2005. The researcher determined that the pyramids he found according to the construction scheme are very similar to the pyramids of Egypt, China and Central America. The pyramids of Bosnia, like other famous pyramids, are clearly oriented to the north in the direction of the main heavenly bodies (the North Star). It should be noted that Semir Osmanadzic does not believe in the generally accepted statement that the pyramids were tombs or ordinary temples, he shares the theory of the British scientist Christopher Dinn. The Briton believes that initially the pyramids served unknown civilizations as a source of energy, similar to modern power plants. In the book of the British scientist Christopher Deanne "Power Plant of Giza" the researcher placed photographs of the labyrinths inside the Cheops pyramid and ancient circuits very reminiscent of mechanisms very similar to engines. The Briton put forward a bold version that the pyramid could produce more energy than a nuclear reactor.
The Bosnian researcher was gradually able to attract specialists from various fields of science and historians to the excavations. Archaeologists, geophysicists, cavers and almost all of them have confirmed the artificial origin of the pyramids and tunnels under them. Scientists from Russia came to investigate the pyramids of Bosnia in 2007 under the guidance of a well-known expert in geophysical research of pyramids, academician Oleg Khavroshkin. In his research report, he noted that spectral analysis of the noise of the pyramid of the Sun and the Moon indicated the existence of hidden cavities in these structures, and seismic studies revealed a great similarity in the "top-base" trajectory to the Egyptian pyramids. It also turned out that huge stone blocks served as the main material for the construction of the pyramids, some of them weighing about 40 tons!
Excavations at Mount Visočica are going on rather slowly, the lack of funding and the consequences also affect civil war early 90s. There are a lot of mines and unexploded ordnance on the territory of the excavation. At the foot of Visočica, the Pyramid of the Sun, there has been a permanent exhibition since 2006 showing the artifacts found during excavations. These are, first of all, skillfully made stone blocks and photographs of paths, hidden from view, paved with stone blocks, passing under the earthen layer of the pyramid. The famous Cairo expert on the Egyptian pyramids A. Berokyat, who visited the excavations, confirmed that the blocks found during the excavations are of artificial origin. In addition, weighty evidence of the artificial origin of the pyramids is the particles of cement mortar between the stone slabs of which the pyramids are composed.
Tunnels under the pyramids.
The entrances to the mysterious tunnels leading to the pyramids were discovered a few kilometers from the latter. These tunnels are laid under the base of the pyramids, their height allows an adult to pass freely without bending over. The closer the tunnels are to the pyramids, the more their walls become more and more smooth, and perfectly preserved stonework appears at the bottom. Inside the tunnels, various skillfully crafted megalithic slabs were found, as researchers suggest, they could serve as a place of cult rites in the distant past. A strange boulder was discovered in one of the tunnels, on which runic signs were applied. It is surprising that the runic writing appeared among the Germanic tribes around the 1st century BC. e. The stone has undergone careful analysis, and it turned out that the runes carved on it are much older than the pharaohs of the first dynasty. In addition to the boulder with runes carved on it, slabs and columns with incomprehensible ornaments were found in the labyrinths of the tunnels.
Osmanadzic expressed a version that entire cities could exist in the underground part of the pyramids. But oddly enough, no human or animal remains have been found. The Bosnian scientist believes that this may indicate a natural cataclysm that burned the pyramids from the inside and the inhabitants of an unknown civilization were forced to leave their valley, just as many peoples of Mesoamerica once left their cities. Scientists suggest that it took unknown builders at least a millennium to erect the pyramid of the Sun. The most important secret of the Bosnian pyramids, who could have built such grandiose structures almost in the center of Europe many millennia ago? Will it be revealed?
The universe is still full of secrets, and scientists continue to slowly but surely move towards their solution. Some findings and studies become the subject of scientific controversy and conflicting opinions. These include the Bosnian pyramids.
Disputes about the origin of the pyramids in Bosnia have not ceased for a long time. Some scientists are of the opinion that the pyramids are the work of man. At the same time, the European Association of Archaeologists claims that they are natural formations.
For about ten years, work has been going on to study the Bosnian pyramids. A group of researchers led by Dr. Sam Osmanagich (Sam Osmanagich) believes that the study of underground tunnels under the pyramids can provide an answer to the question of the origin of the pyramids.
The scientist claims that his group was able to find a lot of evidence of the existence of a prehistoric culture, which may have been related to the creation of pyramids and underground tunnels.
The research was interrupted several times, as scientists faced obstacles in the form of dead ends, numerous side passages that went around dead ends, as well as underground water bodies. But despite these obstacles, scientists are determined to continue studying the pyramids and underground tunnels, as well as to answer the main question about the origin of the pyramids.
