When it comes to fame the Egyptian pyramids make Kim Kardashian’s gazillion twitter followers look small fry. There are very few people I know who aren’t aware of the pyramids.
BUT, the Egyptian pyramids aren’t the only mysterious pyramids in the world. Far from it. In Visoko, Bosnia, there reigns another king, and this one really is the biggest pyramid of them all.
Similarly to the Egyptian pyramids, there are three Bosnian ones. Osmanagich, the gentleman who discovered the pyramids claims that two of them represent the sun and moon. One of them stands at 720 feet, which frankly, dwarfs Giza at 481ft.
There’s ample stone work and steps to indicate that the pyramids are step pyramids like the Egyptian ones.
Some have suggested they were burial mounds. But no skeletons have actually been found in the vicinity. Skeptics claim they are natural mounds. But I didn’t think nature produced straight lines!
More to the point, some of the sandstone slabs forming the structure are over a meter thick, which when you consider it’s dated around 12,000BC (with some reports suggesting 25,000BC), makes you wonder how in the shitstick the rocks magically ended up there.
Add that to the fact the University of Paris has examined the concrete – yes, artificial concrete found in between the slabs making up the pyramid, (sound like brick laying anyone?) The university discovered the cement was resistant to 94 Megapascals of pressure. Yet, there are less than a handful of organisations that hold/create concrete that hard. In fact, one award winning material scientist and writer, Davidovits, claims the concrete in the pyramid is 5 times stronger and harder than anything we can currently make.
Another scientist (Harry Oldfield) studied the energy and radiation around the pyramid. He found that unlike a natural object, who’s energy radiation would be horizontal, the pyramid’s was vertical. It also extended much further into the sky than a natural objects energy would be capable of.
Like all the other pyramids in the world, there are geometrical alignments too. The three tips form an equilateral triangle, with a less than 2% error on the widths, the angles are also all 60 degrees and the sides align with North/East/South/West. Coincidence much? Does that sound like a natural object to you?
There’s a YouTube video detailing the geometrical alignments which goes into more detail about the N/E/S/W alignments and you can find that here.
The reason I find this interesting is because Osmanagić claims that the same people who made the Mesoamerican and Egyptian periods, made these ones.
Why is that interesting? Because it connects them all to the ancient astronaut theories. I’ll let you scratch your own head and figure out what I’m really saying.
The debate on whether these are real or not is enormous. One article on the ‘for man-made’ side is here, which gives nine convincing points.
Interestingly, there is a tunnel system underneath the pyramids. Osmanagić is convinced that these tunnels connect the pyramids to each other. To date, he has excavated over 1000m of tunnels all of which are heading in exactly the right direction to connect them.
I like the fact there is mention of another network of underground tunnels. Hollow Earth talks of the same thing, and yes, I know lots of theories do, but I like interconnectedness. I like when things match and stories collide. I mean, who came up with the London Underground anyway? Why would we think of travelling below ground when it would take so much effort to create that system. Has anyone stopped to ask that?
I also love the thought of a pyramidal city, with a network of underground tunnels. Maybe the tunnels are escape routes or perhaps that’s just how the creators got around. City shapes are something I’ve been fascinated with since I discovered Kowloon Walled City in China, if you haven’t heard of it check it out. I have based one of the cities in my novel Keepers on it.
Did this inspire story ideas for you? Have you heard of these pyramids? What do you think? Natural or ‘man’ made?
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BrizzleLass says
Very interesting…I had no idea there were Pyramids in Bosnia!
Sacha Black says
I know right! Neither did I till I found them!
Lucy Mitchell says
Interesting post! Great with a coffee
Sacha Black says
Thanks Lucy I do love a mystery 🙂
Lucy Mitchell says
Nothing like a good mystery over a bowl of Shredded Wheat in the morning ?
Simon says
Hi, I’ve been reading this bit by bit of this for hours – I saw it and I didn’t want to leave it. I’ve never heard of these pyramids before. But looking at them, they might be covered in green shit but it’s a pyramid. I love this sort of discovery, it throws out all out pre-conceptions about how intelligence came to us and where our origins are at.
But, moving even further away – what about your pyramid city on Mars? Could that actually be a constructed city rather than natural rocks and if so – are there tunnels connecting them? Which brings us to to another point – is there intelligent life still on Mars?
Sacha Black says
all good questions that I don’t have answers to!
I agree its 100% a pyramid though – I mean really??? how can anyone argue its not?
Re: Mars – I just don’t know. I doubt it. I suspect there was, and its a good question about the tunnels under mars, possibly. But I don’t think there’s life there now. At least not intelligent life anyway. Which reminds me I need to reply to your other comment!
Simon says
Why don’t you have the answers?!? ;-P
Seriously, these pieces you create are always great and you can tell the effort that’s been put into them. The best things about these question is that it’s more ideas to put into writing eh?
Which comment is that? I’m trying to think how lack of intelligence could apply there lol 🙂
Sacha Black says
haha, ummmmmm……. need to do more research! lol that and I’m not god, sadly! :p :p :p
I know though, 100% send my mind whirling. Love these research posts 😀
Simon says
We always need to do more research. I would love to go there and see it all for myself.
You’re not God!?! My world has fallen apart lol
It go my mind whirling too!
Sacha Black says
Pahahahahahahah you’re hilarious. I mean, I know I’m awesome, but it burst my bubble too, that realisation! :p pahahahahahahahahahah p.s. wish I could too. Supposedly there are people who use astral projection to go there – used by the MOD too, whether that’s true or not I haven’t a scoobies but its a cool thought.
Simon says
As long as I’m hilarious to you!
If they use astral projection, how come Me idiot Blair didn’t use it to work out there were no WMD’s rather than go to war? Would have saved this Chilcott stuff lol
But if it’s true I wish someone would show me how to do it – kinda cool
Sacha Black says
lol you are! and ha! I’ve no idea, I think it was an American thing/American government that used it, but who knows if it’s even true.
Simon says
We’ll exactly, who knows… But it’s fun to imagine eh?
Allie P. says
I have a harder time believing that those are natural formations than believing that people might well have had a recipe for super hard concrete at one time and lost it. Just look at Coca Cola. That recipe is locked away tighter than most national treasuries. All it would take would be one catastrophic dark age plague (or modern super bug pandemic) to potentially lose it to time. It’s so egotistic to think that people back then were incapable of feats of brilliance and that only modernly ‘educated’ society is capable of wonders. I’ve known plenty of people who’ve never gone to college who’ve gone on to generate some amazing ideas.
Sacha Black says
Well right! I mean SERIOUSLY??????? does anyone actually think they are natural?
and I know. Exactly, I think it’s ridiculous too. Most of the richest people on the planet never went to school!
Allie P. says
I saw some story recently about some medieval cure involving cow bile and garlic was proven to actually kill MRSA, so what the heck do we know, really?
Sacha Black says
shut up? You know supposedly gold in the right form kills cancer… saw a video on that recently too.
Allie P. says
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11504166/Anglo-Saxon-cow-bile-and-garlic-potion-kills-MRSA.html
Gold goes along way in curing cancer in its monetary form too. 🙂
Sacha Black says
haha yes it does!
susielindau says
I did not know that! Thanks for sharing!
Sacha Black says
haha, well learn something every day :p glad you found it interesting anyway and thank you for stopping in.
Sacha Black says
Well man made has my vote I mean……come onnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!! Chances of that occurring naturally?!!!
Sacha Black says
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dgkaye says
It’s actually fascinating to know that pyramids were created by man in ancient history. I’ve watched several documentaries with similar theories. You are just full of interesting tidbits. 🙂 <3
Sacha Black says
haha, I try, although mostly it’s my dad! He’s obsessed with stuff like this, and I pick up new theories from him all the time to research. He was the one that put me on to the Flat Earth stuff, and now I have a whole book series to write as a result!
dgkaye says
You are a fascinating wealth of information. <3
Sarah Brentyn says
Interesting. Look forward to seeing the videos (or articles?) attached. Where do you find this stuff?! It’s fascinating, really. Even if these are “natural”, it seems they were certainly added to or had parts that were built by man.
Sacha Black says
I actually don’t know. You know how it goes you google something click. click. open new tab. enter key word. more clicks etc etc! I think most people refer to it as procrastination
Helen Jones says
Another fascinating post, Sacha. I had no idea there were pyramids in Bosnia, but I did hear of a step pyramid found on the island of Tenerife, similar to the meso american ones. I commented to Ali a while back that the ancient world was much more complex and advanced that traditional history would have us believe – I think these pyramids are more evidence of that.
Sacha Black says
Thanks Helen – sorry – not sure how your comment slipped through without me seeing.
Now that’s fascinating – I will have to go look that one up see if there are any mysteries surrounding it. I agree though. I also think that we have our timelines off. Something tells me there were civilisations here much earlier than the 12000 years we’re led to believe.
Helen Jones says
No worries at all, there are so many comments it’s easy to miss one! It is cool, isn’t it? I remember seeing it on a show, the way it was sort of hidden in plain sight – so I’ll be intrigued to see what else you find about it. I agree, civilisation runs further back and deeper than we know.
Robin McGrew says
Huh, I never knew there were pyramids in Bosnia, but I did just hear about the giant pyramid in the Bermuda Triangle, which I found really interesting and cool.
Sacha Black says
oooh I’ve not heard of that I don’t think – what’s it called? I’d love to google it.
Robin McGrew says
I think its just called the crystal pyramid. But yeah, I think I read that scientists believe it may be the cause of all the plane and ship disappearances/wrecks over the years. Creepy, yet cool.
Robin McGrew says
Sorry its taken so long, my computer is acting funky and won’t let me reply to you. I’ve tried replying like five times but it just wont work, so if you get a bunch of the same message suddenly – my bad.
But yeah, I think it’s just called the crystal pyramid. I think I read somewhere that scientists believe it may be the cause of all the ship and plane disappearances/wrecks over the years. Cool, yet creepy.
Sacha Black says
Don’t worry I think there were a couple of replies- but I moderate everything, so when you reply it doesn’t show up for a while.
AWESOME. Have put it on my list of things to research thank you so much for coming back to me
frybreadwarrior says
Its about damn time people started paying attention to the oldest pyramids on earth! The Giza pyramids are old don’t get me wrong. I still feel like they’re much MUCH older than the history books we all learned as youth. I remember those same books saying the “great pyramid” was a tomb!!! A TOMB! Did anyone ever come across a frickin SARCOPHAGUS?!?! Noooooo!!! Aside from the precise mathematical CERTAINTY someone did purty good cobbling with the 10-20 metric ton blocks. I mean …. It was after all the tallest man-made structure (that we knew of) until the Eiffel Tower! Our true past is hidden from us and judging by the incredible crap we left behind I’m guessing we had a HELL OF A TIME…. Cudos lady! Fantastic work! I can’t wait to see where your writing takes this thread in the future…
Wado !
Sacha Black says
Thanks so much for such a lovely comment, and I have to say I agree with everything you said. What surprises me is how easily everyone laps up the BS we’re given – Tomb indeed. PHSSST.