PYRAMID GUIDE BOOK GEOLOGY 7 Mill.BC
GEOLOGY OF THE SARAJEVO – ZENICA BASSIN
The breccia and sandstone-layers, present on Visocica- and surrounding hills, were formed when the Sarajevo-Zenica alluvial plain filled up with sweet water and a lake was created (this explains the presence of the many fossil ripple-marks). This event took place about 7 million years BC, in the Miocene geological period.
The hills that you see today got their shape much more recently, by the intervention of erosion.
The layers were not uplifted evenly, all the Miocene layers were folded during the orogenesis in a series of anticlines and synclines, like great "waves" of rock. The axis of these anticlines and synclines is approximatively East/West. Visocica and Pljesevica, at least, are situated just north of the axis of one of these anticlines.
As soon as the region emerged from water, the erosion began to act, in the river-beds but also much on the heights (weathering, much active particularly during the cold periods of Pleistocene). The summit of the anticlines are "weak-spots" for the erosion, because they were submitted to strong strain during the folding, and are full of faults. So the summit of the anticline was eroded, and left one flank intact (north side of Visocica), covered with layers of breccia inclined as can be seen on the fotos below. The other faces of the hill were formed by the rivers (Fojnica and tributary streams); notice that the river-bed erosion was much more powerful during the Quaternary than it is today, particularly during the numerous periods of climatic change.
References:
Bai, Taixu; Maerten, L.; Gross, M.R.; Aydin, A. (2002). Journal of Structural Geology, 24, 77-88.
PYRAMID GUIDE BOOK GEOLOGY CONCLUSION
The hills that you see today got their shape much more recently, by the intervention of erosion.
The layers were not uplifted evenly, all the Miocene layers were folded during the orogenesis in a series of anticlines and synclines, like great "waves" of rock. The axis of these anticlines and synclines is approximatively East/West. Visocica and Pljesevica, at least, are situated just north of the axis of one of these anticlines.
As soon as the region emerged from water, the erosion began to act, in the river-beds but also much on the heights (weathering, much active particularly during the cold periods of Pleistocene). The summit of the anticlines are "weak-spots" for the erosion, because they were submitted to strong strain during the folding, and are full of faults. So the summit of the anticline was eroded, and left one flank intact (north side of Visocica), covered with layers of breccia inclined as can be seen on the fotos below. The other faces of the hill were formed by the rivers (Fojnica and tributary streams); notice that the river-bed erosion was much more powerful during the Quaternary than it is today, particularly during the numerous periods of climatic change.
References:
Bai, Taixu; Maerten, L.; Gross, M.R.; Aydin, A. (2002). Journal of Structural Geology, 24, 77-88.
Scientist´s Conclusion "there is something great"
On 23 June 2006, just one day before the scientific conference in Sarajevo started, two geologists Dr.Amer Smailbegovich/Reno, Nevada and Dr.Aly Barakat/Kairo,Egypt accompanied by the Austrian team went on a field trip up and down and around Visocica Hill.
We were protected by a snake finder and guided by Zombie with the machete as the terrain is steep, jungle like and dangerous. We turned every stone to investigate its compound, orientation and source of layer.
Dr.Barakat's conclusion after 40 days of study on site:
1.Visocica and Pljescevica Hill clearly show signs of being shaped by man.
2. Nature cannot form breccia and sandstone into equally sized square blocks, neatly put together to fit four perfectly oriented sides of a pyramid shaped hill.
3. Man obviously shaped the stone blocks, polished them, cut in form and covered the hills.
4.Purpose, age and culture is unknown.
5.The hills were there and man shaped the natural breccia and sandstone layers
6.The Breccia shows unknown anomalies, similar to cement or concrete.
7.He found the Breccia quarry from where the stones could have been broken.
8.There was an earthquake appr.3000 ys.ago which destroyed the west side of Visocica hill.
9.The stone layers follow the fold, which is a clear indication that the layers have been already there at the time of the earthquake!
Geophysicist Dr.Amer Smailbegovich/Reno,Nevada,USA and Geoöogist Dr.Aly Barakat,Egypt
PYRAMID GUIDE BOOK GEOLOGY THE QUARRY
Next to the Pljesevica Hill ("Moon pyramid"), right at the banks of the Fojnica River is a quarry with an excellent example of nature-made perfectly shaped sandstone blocks.
quarry near Moon pyramid
Are these blocks the answer to the question: Nature or man made?
Many geologists have argued about this issue. Studying the sedimentation lines in the stone tiles. There are blocks with vertical as well as horizontal lines. The vertical lines favour the “made by nature" hypothesis. But the stones with horizontal lines, facing the sky, can only result when being placed by man.
Could these blocks have been taken out of the quarry by the pyramid builders and put neatly together as a paved road leading to the top of Pljesevica hill, thus forming the “Moon pyramid"
quarry near Moon pyramid
(Simple) Answer –ready made tiles provided by nature
There is the quarry with sandstone tiles only 100m from the moon pyramid. These blocks could have been taken out easily, they fit perfectly by size and height to pave a road. There would be no better place to get readymade tiles to pave the spiral road to the top of the plateau. Nature provided ready cut blocks and tiles in easy reach.
Why has no geologist thought of it yet? The answer is there right in front of your eyes.
