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A Study byNenad Michael DjurdjevićIndependent Researcher2011
The Mythological Significance of the Bosnian Pyramids
 
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ABSTRACT
In this paper, I investigate how mythology has influenced daily life and religious beliefs of someOld European cultures, and how mythological features may have played a key role in theconstruction of the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids.I will examine whether the link between landscape features and mythological elements canincrease our understanding of pyramid architecture, and if such approach may give someinsight into the mythological significance and purpose of the Bosnian pyramids. I also willsuggest that a deeper understanding of Old European mythological beliefs could provide basisfor future research and may indicate a sense of direction in the analysis of what I call
 primordial artifacts
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i.e., artifacts closely related to the Old European primordial myth of creation.I conclude that, among ancient pyramid builders, the concept of primordial pyramid indicates aclose relationship between natural (unconstructed) and artificial (constructed) features, andthat the ancient pyramid complex in Visoko replicates the key elements of a mythologicallandscape:
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sacred mountains of earth and stone (primordial pyramids);
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meandrous underground labyrinths, water, and primordial artifacts lying within theearth; and
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primordial forces linking them all together.
 
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Acknowledgements
First of all, I would like to share my appreciation for all the participants in the 2
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InternationalScientific Conference, Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids 2011, and for all those who made thislecture possible.
 
I would like to thank my Bosnian friends and research assistants for encouraging me to pursuemy research, for providing invaluable assistance, and for motivating me to continue on my patheven when it was difficult.I would like to thank Dr. Semir Osmanagić for this fantastic discovery, for his courage andperseverance in the face of great opposition, and for making all of this possible.I also would like to thank the project’s many opponents for instilling in me a fierce passion tocontinue my research.Thank you all for making this possible!
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