Another Pyramid found in Eastern Europe

Unlike the alleged Pyramids discovered in Bosnia, the discovery of the ancient pyramidal structures found in Ukraine are actually being called Pyramids as they resemble the Aztec and Mayan ziggurats in South America.

The structures predate the pyramids of Egypt by about 300 years, and appear to have been built to worship a sun god.

With this discovery and the unusual formations found in Bosnia, you have to wonder where the inspiration for the Pyramids in Egypt actually came from!

Bosnian Pyramids confusion

[singlepic=27,225,160,,right]A war of worlds has broken out surrounding the clams regarding the ‘alleged’ Pyramids of Bosnia.

As Cryptoworld readers will recall, Bosnian-American pyramid buff Semir “Sam” Osmanagic claims a four-sided hill in the town of Visoko is Europe’s first known pyramid, and larger than any ever built in Egypt.

Excavations carried out by Osmanagic and his team in April 2006 uncovered what they describe are large stone blocks shaped by human hands and a network of tunnels fronted by a wide, paved entranceway.

Bosnian Pyramids (Real?)

[inspic=27,right,,thumb]This week, the Egyptian geologist Dr Aly Abd Barakat visited central Bosnia, to give his views on the hills that amateur archaeologist Semir Osmanagic claims are 12,000 year old pyramids. After visiting all three sites, named by Osmanagic as the Bosnian Pyramids of Sun, Moon and Dragon, Dr Aly Abd Barakat said the hills did appear to be primitive human-made pyramids of uncertain age.

Huge stone blocks have been found at the sites and it was Dr Baraket's conclusion, that they were made manually and polished in a similar way to those of the Egyptian Pyramids. The purpose of polishing is believed to reflect sun light, making the Pyramids visible from a great distance.

Pyramid found in Bosnia?

[inspic=11,right,fullscreen,thumb]Archaeologists have begun digging for what they think might be a pyramid hidden beneath a hill in Bosnia.

Initial excavations have revealed a narrow entrance to what could be an underground network of tunnels, so this looks like it’s not a natural feature. One archaeologist says it seems to resembles pyramid sites he has studied in Latin America. So their conclusion is that it has to be man-made.

Satellite photographs and thermal imaging revealed two other, smaller pyraamid-shaped hills in the Visoko Valley, which archaeologists believe the tunnels could lead to.

Workers also discovered a paved entrance plateau and large stone blocks that could be part of a pyramid’s outer surface. If this is correct, it would mean that tis is the first pyramid to be discovered in Europe.

There is evidence of 7,000-year-old human settlements in the valley, and a recent German archaeological dig also found 24,000 Neolithic artefacts only meters below ground.

Related Links:
BBC: Dig for ancient pyramid in Bosnia
BBC: Archaeology and Ancient History