This is a section of an article I posted yesterday which was part of a bigger piece called [Our ongoing quest for the origin of civilisation & the purpose of pyramids](https://steemit.com/conspiracy/@samstonehill/our-ongoing-quest-for-the-origin-of-civilisation-and-the-purpose-of-pyramids).  


Turns out Steemit has a size restriction so I had to post it in two parts.

To read [part 1](https://steemit.com/conspiracy/@samstonehill/our-ongoing-quest-for-the-origin-of-civilisation-and-the-purpose-of-pyramids)

To read [part 2](https://steemit.com/health/@samstonehill/the-origin-of-civilisation-and-the-purpose-of-pyramids-part-2)

This part of the article (which focuses specifically on 3 ancient structures currently challenging our understanding of human history) I am posting here to serve as a teaser.  I spent a month writing this article and would love for a few more people to read it!

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The way we currently determine the age of a site is with radiocarbon dating (also known as carbon dating) looking at organic materials found around the site or (ideally) embedded within the walls themselves.  

> The oldest dates that can be reliably measured by this process date to around 50,000 years ago. [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating) 

## Göbekli Tepe (Turkey)
at least 12,000 years old 
[![1029116135.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRpF69fKGHrkEYBYVnb54JbfKA7qeS9TN4SeQEQZNvT4r/1029116135.jpg)](https://tr.sputniknews.com/turkiye/201802211032337340-sanliurfa-gobeklitepe-ziyaret/)

First uncovered in the 1960s, the significance was not understood until 1994.  Only 5% of the total area of the site has so far been uncovered.  It consists of over 20 of these circular temples which are thought to have looked something like this.

[![gobekli-tepe (1).jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmco2XXavjqZFeaN5WgFpLvWqyeNAGTWBcmQrrBfwCAZyW/gobekli-tepe%20(1).jpg)](https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/excavations-reveal-gobekli-tepe-had-oldest-known-sculptural-workshop-002031)

Carbon dating puts the oldest organic remains at around 12,000 years and also indicates that the site was back-filled and abandoned for the last 9000 years.

The weight of the blocks present a big problem for archaeologists as do the intricate animal carvings made from the original blocks.

[![x2.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmR3sR3aTiC5qYQWh1agyuhUUCQSFChGsP3wdEyEZaBEQo/x2.jpg)](https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-gobekli-tepe-turkish-archaeological-site/stephanroget)

These carvings are significant because they would have been very difficult to achieve without modern tools and to reach this level of craftsmanship should have taken thousands of years from the days of hunter-gatherers, suggesting that humans had been around for a long time prior to this construction.

The weight is significant because we simply cannot understand how they transported the pillars (up to 60 metric tons) from the quarries, placing 10 ton head stones upon them.

[![5954e883e1b3b.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPsFeKKT81KBvdDti2pK6j2TkP12MeaMyEcaM6PZmVJr3/5954e883e1b3b.jpg)](https://www.rt.com/viral/394656-ancient-skull-cult-turkey/)

## Gunung Padang (Java, Indonesia)
at least 26,000 years old

[![pyramid-indonesia.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmaugQ8MK8R9Lw5m13NAzyKuvrNAMojmXZD2jpuouo9yyY/pyramid-indonesia.jpg)](http://dedenziden-dnacell.blogspot.com/2017/04/misteri-piramida-sadahurip-garut.html)

First discovered in 1914 it was thought to be a natural hill with 2500 year-old megalithic structures on top of it and it wasn't until 2010 that geologist Dr Danny Hilman Natawidjaja started exploring it "using ground penetrating radar, seismic tomography, resistivity survey and other remote sensing techniques, as well as some direct excavations and deep core drilling." [source](https://grahamhancock.com/gunung-padang-latest-hancock/)

[![Gunung_Padang_5th_terrace.jpeg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNrcv2UmV5DiUouYJsDhg3suveMGvjLWLgMts5NnPvWKD/Gunung_Padang_5th_terrace.jpeg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunung_Padang_Megalithic_Site)

Dr Natawidjaja has confirmed that the pyramid shape was carved from the mountain with multiple layers of construction over it, each one dating to an earlier period.  Just as it was at Gobekli Tepe one of the layers indicates it was intentionally covered over (to be hidden from us) around 9000 years ago.

[![padang_pyramid6.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTzQMD9Xd18CkKdeZ1BfPHaYC96QUiieTzoSbd6jnY2sj/padang_pyramid6.jpg)](http://www.human-resonance.org/padang_pyramid.html)

Further to this, a deeply buried chamber has been discovered in the middle and even though the drill core samples have not yet reached this level, the organic material being found at their current level of progress (up to 11.3m) carbon dates to around 26,000 years old.

[![gunung-padang-case-studythe-prehistoric-cultures-are-they-primitive-35-638.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmS5Rfhy6Lvs6AXWnRmNVy5Crv7s1dfFpGDquzFN9o2xCV/gunung-padang-case-studythe-prehistoric-cultures-are-they-primitive-35-638.jpg)](https://www.slideshare.net/erickridzky/gunung-padang-case-studythe-prehistoric)

This is an artist impression of what it is thought to have looked like in the most recent phase of its development (Layer 1).

[![G9-Gunung-Padang-large.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQ7ayQBPq5cZABMyU1pwa58HivJAxNxxjL98nsZsZPrDx/G9-Gunung-Padang-large.jpg)](https://grahamhancock.com/gunung-padang-latest-hancock/)

## Geopolymer stone
The first excavated relic to emerge from the site has raised eyebrows because like many of the huge sandstone blocks found there and at [other sites](https://www.geopolymer.org/archaeology/pyramids/pyramids-3-the-formula-the-invention-of-stone/) (including the Giza pyramids) it appears to be of synthetic origin, cast from rock forming minerals and iron particles to form a super strong conductive material.  The first [geopolymer cement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopolymer_cement) was developed in the 1980s so this is a tough one to explain, but it gives us a very important clue as to what this tool (and site) were used for.

[![padang_pyramid15.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPLiacuVP9mNSPVw8jfPpQSae3jDMSvfoZad7byoGrKnp/padang_pyramid15.jpg)](http://www.human-resonance.org/padang_pyramid.html)

Designed with an ergonomic handle the tool has a high density of conductive particles that "significantly exceeds the density ranges of all natural basalt, andesite and diorite stones". [source](http://www.human-resonance.org/padang_pyramid.html)

> This artificial stone manufacturing technology applies the piezoelectric properties of natural andesite, while fine ferromagnetic inclusions amplify EM field strength around the tool. [source](http://www.human-resonance.org/padang_pyramid.html)

There are no traces of abrasion or any other wear patterns, suggesting it was handled with special care and likely used in sophisticated [qi healing](http://www.human-resonance.org/quantum_trapping.html) practices at the site.

> Blunt edges on the tool were likely used for applying acupressure along the [meridians](http://www.human-resonance.org/quantum_trapping2.html) of the body during bioelectrical healing practices rooted in ancient Ayurvedic knowledge of the biophotonic 'rainbow body'. [source](http://www.human-resonance.org/padang_pyramid.html)

I will come back to the very important subject of healing.

## Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun
at least 30,000 years old
[![cropped-rsz_1rsz_bdp_fi01.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmd8vnQUqYhtjGaHc4J3WtzRqZVi1sNgnDSUYY9gW9TKkK/cropped-rsz_1rsz_bdp_fi01.jpg)](http://visit.piramidasunca.ba/summer-solstice-tour-festival-2018/)

First noticed in 2005 by [Dr Semir Osmanagić](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semir_Osmanagić) who believes it to be one of five pyramid structures in the region.

Huge geopolymer stone slabs are found as the first layer beneath the earth on the slopes of the Pyramid of the Sun.

[![e10f69b4faf254eaa00e00d221bf88af.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRQrHiV4zUYEgxi6p54bT3k9ahvUGtje3HUmhBpRibRxW/e10f69b4faf254eaa00e00d221bf88af.jpg)](http://megaliths.org/browse/country/27/view/103)

Osmanagić has taken a fair old bashing since 2005 from those who believe it is nothing more than a natural formation.  The description of [this story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semir_Osmanagić) on Wikipedia says it all in the way that it focuses only on those who don't agree with his theory and mentions nothing of the anomalies, concluding with an air of certainty "the hills are common natural formations known as flatirons with no signs of human construction".

If you spend a few hours looking into this you will quickly find the story to be bigger than Wikipedia would have us believe.

What of the inexplainable giant stone spheres found at the site, also made of a high metal content geopolyer cement?

[![44b35a18dae0b6d9b2ced2ec0ed0ecdc.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmU6Gcb6vnygNtCoCgWv95kFsP3ZAe3Da6xd8ahwzWA6uH/44b35a18dae0b6d9b2ced2ec0ed0ecdc.jpg)](http://megaliths.org/browse/country/27/view/103)

What of the rock carving which provides an [astronomical map](http://www.ancient-origins.net/opinion-guest-authors/visoko-astronomical-map-more-100000-years-003215) showing skies as they were over 100,000 years ago?

[![astronomical-configuration.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVG2jnecJUc6DkHvNeBBZZztDp8ZJuyETv4264brbMBtR/astronomical-configuration.jpg)](http://www.ancient-origins.net/opinion-guest-authors/visoko-astronomical-map-more-100000-years-003215)

What of the labyrinth of tunnels found nearby which appear to lead underneath the pyramid?  Interesting to note here that these tunnels have been back filled (just like the other sites) thousands of years ago with the intention of stopping people from using them.

[![transcentyger-bosnian-pyramids.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdnzeA1LhjAPfbQUB3SbEzG2hd8ymFZyDBAfnZAqeeayK/transcentyger-bosnian-pyramids.jpg)](https://www.weasyl.com/~transcentyger/submissions/1240692/bosnian-pyramids)

What of the standing water found in some of these dry wall tunnels which even after all these years is 100% clean "without any bacteria, algae, fungi, microorganisms, or mud" [source](http://www.sarajevotimes.com/bosnian-pyramids-largest-oldest-healing-site-earth/)

What of the strange ceramic stones found in the tunnels?

[![Ravne-6.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfSLPRX5K9PPTRuKmKjJar8V4ZD6pexdgXC3wUcsknbzJ/Ravne-6.jpg)](http://etheric.com/bosnian-pyramid-complex-signs-technically-advanced-ice-age-civilization/)

What of the fossilised leaf found under one of the concrete slabs which carbon dates to an age of around 33,800 calendar years before present?

[![organic-material-found-in-between-two-concrete-blocks-on-the-Bosnian-Pyramid-of-the-Sun-2012.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZ7PWqQCf3zN763jhyR9iAymVqGMmk49LLvtPjvEWVc1W/organic-material-found-in-between-two-concrete-blocks-on-the-Bosnian-Pyramid-of-the-Sun-2012.jpg)](http://etheric.com/bosnian-pyramid-complex-signs-technically-advanced-ice-age-civilization/)

Last but not least, what of the energetic anomalies such as the measurable ultrasound & electromagnetics being emitted from the structure at its tip?

![sexy banner 2.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUFYHUhWU2SzGTuMjAzxnQSh5LznUV4FJ8uftrUjq3Mcq/sexy%20banner%202.png)

Click [here](https://steemit.com/health/@samstonehill/the-origin-of-civilisation-and-the-purpose-of-pyramids-part-2) to keep reading...

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