Archaeological Park “THE BOSNIAN VALLEY OF PYRAMIDS"
a letter from founder and chairman Semir Osmanagic
1.A Bosnian-American and pyramids…?
I’ve lived in Houston for the last 15 years. At the same time, this was a period of extensive research of the ancient civilizations and travel all over the world. My books were published in USA (such as “The World of the Maya" after I visited more than fifty of Mayan ruins), Croatia, Estonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina (books about Peruvian, Atlantic, Pacific and other lost civilizations). After my recent book promotion in Sarajevo (April 2005), I visited the small town of Visoko 20 miles north from the Bosnian capital. While I was on top of “Visocica hill, I could notice that the shape of the hill is a symmetrical geometric form, aligned in NSWE directions with flat top. Across the valley, there was another hill called “Pljesevica with obvious triangular sides. Even though the hills were covered with forest, I immediately ‘recognized’ the pyramids. Namely, I’ve seen hundreds of them, covered or uncovered in Peru. Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador…
- Research and Excavation…?
Three months after my initial visit, I gathered all necessary permits and started with geological survey in order to confirm my hypothesis. The first survey was performed in August 2005 and geological features of the soil had shown a number of anomalies. I had solid proof that the hill was not a natural formation. It justified more investments on my part. In October 2005, I went back and did more geological and archaeological research (number of probing wells) with fascinating results:
- The walls of the Pyramid of the Sun (Visocica hill) are built from the Breccia stone blocks. When the blocks were cleaned by a broad knife and small broom it was found that they were ordered like bricks in a brick wall – the upper block was moved inwards in relation to the lower one. The blocks were manually processed and surface was flat and smooth.
- Pyramid of the Sun is, in fact, a stone step pyramid. The probing wells have proved that the flat plateau, approximately 2,5 meters wide is followed by 30 meters steep area, then another plateau, then another steep area with the same angle, and this pattern is repeated to the top of the pyramid.
- The entrance causeway is paved with manufactured sandstone blocks. They are 10 cm thick, cut by human hand, polished and then transported to this area. The length of the paved causeway is 420 meters.
- A village on the top of the pyramid…?
It is a very well known fact that once existed a medieval Bosnian Town on the top of the hill between XII-XIV century. Also, artefacts were found that show traces of a small Roman and Illyrian observation post (2000 and 2500 years old, respectively). It is a classical example that the later cultures built their villages on top of the monumental structures covered with soil not knowing what magnificent work was under their feet. The same example can be found in Cholula, Mexico, where Hernan Cortes built a huge church on the top of the hill. Three hundred years later it turned out that the church was built on the top of the largest pyramid in Mexico.
This information can help us to think about the date when the Bosnian pyramid was built; obviously it’s more than 3000 years old. The results of the new scientific discipline, anthropological genetics, have shown that Bosnia has been populated, continuously, for 27.000 years. So, the pyramids must have been built in between these two dates.
- Other remarkable features in the vicinity…?
Geophysicist, dr. Amer Smailbegovic (Reno, Nevada) has applied remote sensing techniques in anomaly detection for the Pyramid complex in Visoko valley. The results are really amazing. The primary “anomalies of the Bosnian pyramid of the Sun and Moon (Visocica and Pljesevica hills) exhibited flat, triangular sides with clear geometric brake-lines between the flat sides. The observed phenomena are not to be confused with triangular facets normally occurring in a tectonic setting, for those occurrences only exhibit single-side triangulation and are uneven in appearance, whereas the observed anomalies exhibit two or more, even triangular sides. The results of thermal inertia suggest that the pyramids are composed of less consolidated material and tend to cool faster than the surrounding mounds (presumed denser). This finding is congruent with what would be expected from an artificial structure – lesser density materials, porosity, internal cavities all contribute to increased loss. Beside these two artificial structures, several other mounds exist in the same valley, and they tend to have very geometric (triangular) sides and clear, linear breaks. They are mutually equidistant and aligned in NSWE direction. Three structures are of approximately same height, but differ in overall size. In other words, we can freely talk about a “Bosnian valley of the pyramids".
- Underground tunnels…?
We have discovered a network of underground tunnels under the Bosnian pyramid of the Sun. Tunnels are man-made and there are numerous intersections along the way. Most of them are covered with dirt and rocks, but we are to clean them in 2006. The existence of underground tunnels shows another similarity with Egyptian and Mexican (Teotihuacan) pyramid complexes.
- Plans…?
Considering the importance of the discovery – the most important archaeological monument in Europe – I have established a Foundation called “Archaeological park: Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun". This Foundation was sanctioned by the Bosnian Justice Department and already has a number of Bosnian archaeologists, geologists, geophysicists, historians and other experts. We’re in the process of forming an International Advisory Board and applying for the grants and sponsorships. It’s very interesting that this is for the first time, in a long period, that Bosnian politicians united on all political levels giving support for this project. They recognized the value of the fact that Bosnia was, at one time, the place where European civilization started.
Semir Osmanagich, Houston, USA January 5, 2006.
