Reports Circulating China Has A White Pyramid-Many Previously Unknown Pyramids Are Emerging-Could War Be Linked To Crimea Pyramids
Posted on March 16, 2015 by DublinsmickThe entire article can be read here. Reports indicate the inside of the White pyramid is like a palace and contains an emperor and a sea of mercury.
http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/search-legendary-1000-ft-white-pyramid-xian-002470
20 DECEMBER, 2014 – 12:39 APRILHOLLOWAY
In Search of the Legendary 1,000-ft White Pyramid of Xian
Scattered across an isolated, flat plain in Shaanxi Province, near the ancient capital of Xi’an, lie dozens of spectacular pyramid mounds that are little known outside China. Mixed in with the reality of these impressive tombs, is a legend of an enormous 1,000-foot white, jewel-capped pyramid that would outshine even the Great Pyramid of Giza. While some researchers believe that aerial sightings of the ‘White Pyramid of Xi’an’ correspond with the Maoling pyramid, tomb of Emperor Wu of Han, others maintain that the legendary pyramid is yet to be found.

Pyramids (also called ‘trapezoidal burial mounds) near Xi’an, China. Credit: Hartwig Hausdorf
First Sighting – Fred Meyer Schroder, 1912
Reported sightings of an enormous white pyramid in China date back more than a century to the diary entries of American travel agent and trader Fred Meyer Schroder, who spotted a set of pyramids in the distance while walking with a Buddhist monk guide in Shaanxi Province in 1912. He reported seeing one giant pyramid, along with smaller pyramids surrounding it.
“It was even more uncanny than if we had found it in the wilderness,” he wrote. “But those [pyramids] were to some extent exposed to the eyes of the world – but still totally unknown in the western world.”
Schroder estimated that the main pyramid was at least 300 meters high (roughly 1,000 feet) with 500 meter side. Such dimensions would give the structure a volume ten times greater than that of the Great Pyramid in Egypt, which measures 140 meters (450 feet) in height. Schroder’s Mongolian guide, Bogdo, informed him that the pyramids are at least 3,000 years old and that information about them is recorded in ancient monastic documents and is well-known in local legend.
Second Sighting – James Gaussman, 1945
The second and most famous sighting of the White Pyramid of Xi’an came from United States Army Air Corps pilot named James Gaussman, who was flying from China to Assam in India in the Spring of 1945, when he reportedly saw a huge white jewel-capped pyramid to the southwest of Xi’an. He later wrote:
I flew around a mountain and then we came to a valley. Directly below us was a gigantic white pyramid. It looked as if it were from a fairy tale. The pyramid was draped in shimmering white.
It could have been metal, or some other form of stone. It was white on all sides. What was most curious about it was its capstone: a large piece of precious gem-like material. I was deeply moved by the colossal size of the thing.
Third Sighting – Colonel Maurice Sheahan, 1947
Just two years after Gaussman’s supposed sighting of a white, jewel-capped pyramid, Colonel Maurice Sheahan, Far Eastern director of Trans World Airlines, was flying over a valley near the Qin Ling Mountains, approximately 40 miles southwest of Xi’an in Shaanxi Province, when he saw a giant pyramid in the landscape below. Sheahan’s encounter was reported in the March 28 edition of the New York Times, under the headline ‘U.S. Flier Reports Huge Chinese Pyramid In Isolated Mountains Southwest of Sian [Xi’an].’
- See more at: http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/search-legendary-1000-ft-white-pyramid-xian-002470#sthash.6ZWaloGi.dpuf
References The Great White Pyramid of China – Historic Mysteries. Available from:
http://www.historicmysteries.com/the-great-white-pyramid-of-china/
China’s Lost Pyramids – Unexplained Earth. Available from:
http://unexplainedearth.com/xian.php
The White Pyramid of Xi’an – Bibliotocapleyades. Available from:
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/piramides/esp_piramides_china_3.htm
Pyramids in China – World Mysteries. Available from:
http://www.world-mysteries.com/mpl_pyramidsofchina.htm
http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/search-legendary-1000-ft-white-pyramid-xian-002470#sthash.6ZWaloGi.dpuf
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Posted earlier
Chinese Pyramids – Location The pyramids of China are approximately 100 ancient mounds, many of which were used for burial. Most of them are located within 100 kilometers of the city of Xi’an, on the Qin Chuan Plains in the Shaanxi Province, central China. According to the old Chinese legend, over one hundred pyramids built in China are evidence of visits paid by aliens to our planet. At the very beginning of the century, two Australian merchants traveled to the vast plains of Sichuan in the central part of China, where they discovered over one hundred pyramids. The Australians asked the superior of the local monastery about the pyramids, and the superior said that they were “very old.” The first record of the pyramids was written over 5,000 years ago; therefore, it is very likely that they are even older.
SONS OF THE SKY
The merchants also discovered that the pyramids belonged to the epoch when China was ruled by ancient emperors who believed in the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations. Moreover, the emperors themselves insisted that they were ancestors “of the sons of the sky, who had landed the Earth on iron dragons.” Aliens are alleged to have been the constructors of the pyramids.
https://dublinsmick.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/65-million-year-old-pyramid-is-discovered-in-crimea-with-a-crowned-mummy-crimea-just-became-more-valuable/
65 Million Year Old Pyramid Is Discovered In Crimea With A Crowned Mummy-Crimea Just Became More Valuable
Posted on March 7, 2014 by Dublinsmick
This one appears very legitimate. It certainly makes the Crimea much more valuable. 37 more pyramids are underwater along the coastline.
Updated: 9-24-2014
Now We Know What Happened To The Mayans-Tunnels Under Tikal Pyramid Extend 800 Kilometers To The Other Side Of The Country-Secrets Of The Bucegi Mountains
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Now We Know What Happened To The Mayans-Tunnels Under Tikal Pyramid Extend 800 Kilometers To The Other Side Of The Country-Secrets Of The Bucegi Mountains
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http://qha.com.ua/world-s-oldest-pyramid-found-in-crimea-116152en.html
World’s oldest pyramid found in Crimea
SIMFEROPIL/ AQMESCIT (QHA) – A Ukrainian scientist discovered the oldest pyramid in the world. Most interestingly, it was found in the most beautiful corner of the country, in Crimea. As the ICTV channel reported, the finding was revealed by accident, when during his test alternative methods of finding water Ukrainian scientist Vitalii Goh discovered underground unknown object, which proved to be a giant pyramid of 45 meters in height and a length of about 72 meters. Goh said that the pyramid was built during the time of the dinosaurs.
“Crimean pyramid” has a truncated top, like a Mayan pyramid, but its appearance is more like an Egyptian. It is hollow inside, and a mummy of unknown creature is buried under the foundation.
“Under the foundation is a small body in the form of a mummy long 1.3-1.4 meters with a crown on his head.”
“There is a resonance chamber of so-called Sphinx. The pyramids were built in the era of the dinosaurs,” says the scientist in an interview with ICTV. It remains unknown who build the pyramid. The unique building is the oldest on the planet, says Vitalii Goh.
Aliye Bekir
http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=172147
World’s oldest pyramid found in Crimea
Monday, September 03, 2012 – Tblisi—A Ukrainian scientist discovered the oldest pyramid in the world in Crimea. As the ICTV channel reported, the finding was revealed by accident, when during his test alternative methods of finding water Ukrainian scientist Vitalii Goh discovered underground unknown object, which proved to be a giant pyramid of 45 meters in height and a length of about 72 meters. Goh said that the pyramid was built during the time of the dinosaurs, Crimea news agency or QHA reported.“Crimean pyramid” has a truncated top, like a Mayan pyramid, but its appearance is more like an Egyptian. It is hollow inside, and a mummy of unknown creature is buried under the foundation. “Under the foundation is a small body in the form of a mummy long 1.3-1.4 meters with a crown on his head.”“There is a resonance chamber of so-called Sphinx. The pyramids were built in the era of the dinosaurs,” says the scientist in an interview with ICTV.—AFP
A Ukrainian scientist discovered the oldest pyramid in the world. Most interestingly, it was found in the most beautiful corner of the country, in Crimea. As the ICTV channel reported, the finding was revealed by accident, when during his test alternative methods of finding water Ukrainian scientist Vitalii Goh discovered underground unknown object, which proved to be a giant pyramid of 45 meters in height and a length of about 72 meters, according to Aliye Beki
Date of discovery: 2001, but added details in March 2014 report.
Location of discovery: Crimea, Ukraine
Source 1: http://qha.com.ua/world-s-oldest-pyramid-found-in-crimea-116152en.html
Source 2: http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=172147
Source 3: http://www.european-pyramids.eu/wb/pages/european-pyramids/ukraine/crimea.php
Goh said that the pyramid was built during the time of the dinosaurs. “Crimean pyramid” has a truncated top, like a Mayan pyramid, but its appearance is more like an Egyptian. It is hollow inside, and a mummy of unknown creature is buried under the foundation. “Under the foundation is a small body in the form of a mummy long 1.3-1.4 meters with a crown on his head.” “There is a resonance chamber of so-called Sphinx. The pyramids were built in the era of the dinosaurs,” says the scientist in an interview with ICTV. It remains unknown who build the pyramid. The unique building is the oldest on the planet, says Vitalii Goh as reported by Beki.
https://dublinsmick.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/unbelievable-underwater-photos-of-atlantis-off-cuba-pyramids-are-3-times-the-size-of-cheops-cayce-was-right-there-was-a-polar-shift/
The two scientists used submarines to found tremendous pyramid structures built of stones weighing hundreds of tons. They found sphinxes, stones that arranged like Stonehenge, and a written language engraved on the stones.
Scientists have processed all of the data and concluded that the surface is perfectly smooth for it to look like glass or ice. The size of the pyramids are nearly three times the size of the pyramids of Cheops
Rough sketch of were Atlantis and Mu (Lemuria) were situated on an old map
On top of the pyramid there are two very large holes, sea water at high speed move through the second hole, therefore the raging waves roll by forming a giant vortex that makes the waters around this cause a massive surge of waves and mist on the sea surface.
This new discovery makes scientists wonder if this is having an affect on passing boats and planes and could be the reason for all the mystery surrounding the area.
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Bosnian Pyramids Are The Oldest And Largest And Nobody Talks About Them, I Wonder Why
https://dublinsmick.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/bosnian-pyramids-are-the-oldest-and-largest-and-nobody-talks-about-them-i-wonder-why/
http://piramidasunca.ba/eng/latest-news/item/7778-world-history-and-bosnian-pyramids-2011.html
I say this with tongue in cheek because we all know why. It would conflict and destroy most all we have been exposed to of our history. The Bosnian pyramids recently discovered are the largest and most ancient on the planet. They predate Giza. There are others in China, Italy and many other places around the world that nobody talks about, not even the alternative media to a certain degree. I can assure you that churchianity is least likely to speak of such things as it would interfere with long held theories which are preached to the masses and hold them in thrall.
History seems to be a never ending circle. I wonder someday if any survive the abyss in which this planet is plunging they will conclude Haliburton, McDonalds or BP was responsible for constructing such mass monoliths? Unfortunately this area is now also littered with DU contamination from the wars in Bosnia!
Excavations by Semir Osmanagic in the town of Visoko, Bosnia Herzegovina in 2005 are probably the greatest discovery ever and very few even know of this. It should be on the evening news every day. Zahi Hawass the supposed Egyptian expert sent in Alla Barakat and he indeed indicates the findings are pyramids.
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth ……. Nietzsche
All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values. … Nietzsche
One of the best explanations of what has been discovered I believe can be found here.
BOSNIAN PYRAMIDS: WE ARE NOT THE FIRST HERE
By Dr. Semir “Sam” Osmanagic
“Almost everything they teach us about the ancient history is wrong: the origin of men, civilizations, and pyramids. Homo sapiens are not a result of evolution, and biologists will never find a “missing link”, because the intelligent man is a product of genetic engineering.
Sumerians were not the beginning of the civilized men, but rather the beginning of another cycle of humanity.
And finally, original pyramids, most superior and oldest, were made by advanced builders who knew energy, astronomy and construction better than we do. In order to understand the ancient monuments, we need to view them through three realms: physical, energy and spiritual. Our scientific instruments are simply not enough to explain the purpose of the oldest pyramids, for example.
Mainstream scientists, archaeologists, historians and anthropologists are often main obstacle for scientific progress. A gap between physical and spiritual science is to be bridged , if we want to get full understanding of the past.
The twelve hundred ton stone block in Baalbeck (Lebanon) needs explanation. Who was able to shape, move and install four times bigger blocks than our, 21st century, capabilities? Yonaguni megalithic monuments (Japan) do belong to the previous cycle of humanity. They are undeniable proof, on the bottom of the Pacific floor, 80 meters below the ocean level, that advanced culture lived in the area more than 12,000 years ago, before huge quantities of ice melted and caused Pacific level to rise for 80 meters. Machu Picchu (Peru) tells the story of four distinctive civilizations and different construction styles, the first civilization being the most advanced. At the same time, all the history books make up a story of Inkas being the builders of “royal retreat” in the recent times. New dating of Peruvian, Mexican, Chinese and Egyptian pyramids will take us back much before recognized history and known rulers.
The oldest Chinese and Egyptian pyramids are much superior to those made later, as unsuccessful replicas. The older are built from granite and sandstone blocks, more recent ones are much smaller, built from bricks and mud. Traces of more advanced beings are everywhere around us. In the meantime, mainstream scientists try to fit those monuments into their time coordinates, falsifying the truth.
Two hundred Cahokia pyramids show astronomical knowledge of the builders who moved several million tons of construction materials and who knew the difference between cosmic and magnetic north. Mayan world is an example of the knowledge of the Universe. Our Solar system circles Milky Way and that 26-thousand years cycle (“long count calendar”) affect all living life on our Planet. Anasazies, ancestors of Pueblo Indians, didn’t need alphabet or physical communication means to recognize danger in different dimensions coming from the depth of the Universe.
As long as they stay within the box, mainstream archaeologists will never be able to explain tooling and logistic needed to build stone heads on Easter Islands, shape granite blocks of Akapana pyramid complex in Bolivia or create chambers of Giza pyramids. Stone spheres of western Mexico, southern Costa Rica, Easter Island or twenty locations in remote Bosnia-Herzegovina, are obvious proof of understanding and manipulating of shapes and energy in the distant past.
On top of all that, discovery of the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids is telling us that we don’t know our Planet. We might go to the Moon (temporarily, until threaten), but we still need to explore our Mother Earth. More secrets wait to be uncovered and, with the ancient knowledge, help us reach our balance back.
In April 2005, I first traveled to the town of Visoko, 20 miles northwest from Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina. My attention was caught by two regularly shaped hills, which I later named the Bosnian Pyramids of the Sun and Moon.
For thousands of years locals have considered those hills to be natural phenomena because they were covered by soil and vegetation. However, when I first saw their triangular faces, obvious corners and orientation toward the cardinal points, I knew that they had to be constructed by a force other than nature. Since I had been investigating pyramids for decades, I knew that the pyramids found in China, Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador had the same type of soil and vegetation coverage. In 2005, work has begun on this project and construction companies and geologists were paid (out of my pocket) to do core drilling and geomorphological analysis. We then announced to the world, at the press conference, that the first pyramids in Europe had been discovered.
Shortly thereafter we established the non-profit Archaeological Park: Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation and since that time the pyramid investigations in Bosnia have become the world’s largest interdisciplinary archaeological project.
We have spent over 340,000 man-hours in archaeological excavation, sample testing and radiocarbon dating in the period from 2005 to 2011. We determined that the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids consists of five pyramids discovered to date which I named: The Bosnian Pyramids of the Sun, Moon, Dragon, Mother Earth and Love. The site also includes a tumulus complex and a huge underground labyrinth.
This discovery is historic and changes the knowledge of the early history of Europe for several reasons:
These are the first pyramids discovered in Europe
The site includes the largest pyramid structure in the world-The Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun with its height of over 220 meters is much higher than the Great Pyramid of Egypt (147 meters). § The Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun has, according to the Bosnian Institute for Geodesy, the most precise orientation towards cosmic north with the error of 0 degrees, 0 minutes and 12 seconds.
The Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun is completely covered by rectangular concrete blocks. The properties of the concrete, including extreme hardness (up to 133 MPs) and low water absorption (around 1%), are, according to the scientific institutions in Bosnia, Italy and France, far superior to modern concrete materials.
The pyramids are covered by soil which is, according to the State Institute for Agro-pedology, approx. 12,000 years old.
Radiocarbon dating from the paved terrace on Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon, performed by Institute of Physics of Silesian Institute of Technology from Gliwice (Poland) confirmed that terrace was built 10,350 years ago (+/- 50 years). These finding confirm that the Bosnian pyramids are also the oldest known pyramids on the planet.
Beneath the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids there is an extensive underground tunnel and chamber network which runs for a total of more than ten miles.
Ceramic sculptures have been discovered in the underground labyrinth with a mass of up to 20,000 pounds which makes them the largest found so far from the ancient world.
The list of the wonders in Bosnian archaeology does not end here. In the vicinity, we discovered the tallest tumulus in the World: 61 meter high. Its nearest competitor, Sillbury Hill in England is 60 meters high. The Bosnian tumulus consists of two-layer megalithic terraces, clay layers and artificial concrete layers.
A team of physicists detected an energy beam coming through the top of the Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun. The radius of the beam is 4.5 meters with a frequency of 28 kHz. The beam is continuous and its strength grows as it moves up and away from the pyramid. This phenomenon contradicts the known laws of physics and technology. This is the first proof of non-herzian technology on the Planet. It seems that the pyramid builders created a perpetual motion machine a long time ago and this “energy machine” is still working.
In the underground labyrinth, in 2010, we discovered three chambers and a small blue lake. Energy screening shows that the ionization level is 43 times higher than the average concentration outside which makes the underground chambers into “healing rooms”.
Further electromagnetic detection in 2011 confirmed that levels of negative radiation through the Hartman, Curry and Schneider grids are equal to zero in the tunnels. There was no technical radiation (from power lines and/or other technology) found in the tunnels and no cosmic radioactivity. Ceramic sculptures are positioned over the underground water flows and the negative energy is transformed into positive. All of these experiments point to the underground labyrinth as one of the most secure underground constructions in the world and this makes it an ideal place for the body’s rejuvenation and regeneration.
Two hundred years of Egyptology has not produced a satisfactory answer to the question of what the real purpose was for the oldest and most superior pyramids.
In only six years, our research in Bosnia has applied interdisciplinary scientific methods, to look at this complex through the physical, energetic and spiritual dimensions. We have had pioneering results which affects the entire sphere of knowledge and Pyramid Science. Our history is changing with each new discovery.
Perhaps by changing our beginnings or learning to better understand our beginnings we can also change our present and our future for the better.”
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Is the Azores’ Pyramid 28 Million Years Old?
The recently discovered underwater pyramid found in the Azores may be 28 million years old. A sailor, Dioleciano Smith reported discovering a pyramid 60 meters tall off the island of Terceira in the Azores. Given current research, that pyramid may very well be ancient beyond belief.
How do we come to this conclusion? Well, we have to combine the recent announcement made by South African researchers about a comet impact over Egypt with plate tectonic movement and a discovery I made about an ancient lost moon of earth.
Let’s see how this all comes together.
South African researchers Jan Kramers and David Block claim that Egypt was struck by a comet 28 million years ago. They claim that a pebble, when chemically analyzed, show signs of argon and carbon typical of comets. Furthermore, the large amount of yellow silicon glass residue in the desert demonstrates that something exploded above ground at a temperature of 2,000 degrees Centigrade.
Now, we connect the two discoveries, the pyramid and the comet. How do we do this? Well, I’ve been researching impact craters as part of my ancient earth studies. This is what I found. When I tried to “fit a curve”, a mathematical linear equation, to the plot of the ancient earth impacts I found a line that can best be described as the projection of the orbit of a lost moon of earth. This line could also be the trajectory of the comet that exploded over Egypt.
This line now becomes our datum or reference line. The distance from this line to the pyramid in the Azores is a little over 700 miles. Plate tectonic movement away from the orbital line to the pyramid in the Azores would require 28 million years. These numbers should be considered approximate since more precise measurements need to be taken.
In any event, this analysis indicates that the ancients built pyramids to record the position of this orbital object and that this occurred millions of years ago. Furthermore, depending on the location of the Giza plateau, the great Egyptian Pyramids may be equally old.
My work acts as a kind of independent verification of the comet impact theory date because all three, the comet impact, the Azores’ Pyramid, and my orbital line, converge on a date of 28 million years ago.
Intelligent life on Earth is far older than anyone has ever imaged.
http://black2tell.wordpress.com/2013/11/10/is-the-azores-pyramid-28-million-years-old/
http://black2tell.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/were-the-mayan-cities-of-chichen-itza-and-tulum-built-65-million-years-ago/
http://black2tell.wordpress.com/2013/11/04/the-easter-island-mystery-2/
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Read all Here: Russian Stonehenge
http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/arkaim-russias-ancient-city-the-arctic-origin-of-civilisation
“Dubbed “the Russian Stonehenge,” this Bronze age settlement was about 3,600 years old and was contemporaneous with the Cretan-Mycenaean civilisation, with the Egyptian Middle Kingdom and with the Mesopotamian and Indus valley civilisations, and older by several centuries than Homer’s fabled Troy, whose circular layout it so closely resembled. Arkaim was inhabited for 200 years and was then mysteriously burned down and deserted.
The Russian team’s explorations showed that Arkaim enjoyed an advanced technology for its time. It was equipped with a drainage gutter and storm sewage system and had actually been protected from fire: the timbered flooring of the houses and the houses themselves were imbued with a fireproof substance – a strong compound the remnants of which can still be found in the ruins. Each house gave onto an inner ring road paved with wooden blocks; and in each house there was a hearth, a well, cellars, an oven and provision for a cooled food storage system. The oven was such that it may have been possible to smelt bronze in it, as well as to fire pottery.”
https://dublinsmickdotcom.wordpress.com/2013/09/28/they-survived-in-a-few-fragments-found-in-egypt-the-truths-of-the-lost-continent-of-mu-and-gave-birth-to-her-civilization/
https://dublinsmick.wordpress.com/2014/03/24/lucifer-or-the-all-seeing-eye-is-inside-your-head/
http://ajitvadakayil.blogspot.com/2014/03/beej-mantra-anuswaram-nasal-sound.html
https://dublinsmick.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/unbelievable-underwater-photos-of-atlantis-off-cuba-pyramids-are-3-times-the-size-of-cheops-cayce-was-right-there-was-a-polar-shift/
https://dublinsmick.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/dna-evidence-for-atlantis-edgar-cayce-right-again/
https://dublinsmick.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/edgar-cayces-prophecy-comes-true-hall-of-records-discovered/
https://dublinsmick.wordpress.com/2013/09/24/new-underwater-pyramid-in-the-azores-new-pyramids-in-sahara/
http://dublinsmickdotcom.wordpress.com/2014/02/08/submerged-forest-in-gulf-of-mexico-unearthed-by-katrina-80-thousand-years-old/
https://dublinsmick.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/bayou-corne-and-the-new-madrid-fault-could-connect-with-cayce-predictions/
http://www.european-pyramids.eu/wb/pages/european-pyramids/ukraine/crimea.php?lang=EN
http://www.earth-heal.com/news/news/78-ancient-civilizations/1462-oldest-pyramids-on-earth-in-crimea.html
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