'Pyramids' discovered in Ukraine

BBC ^ | 07 Sep 2006 | Helen Fawkes

[Marius3188]

Ukraine may be thousands of miles away from Egypt, but archaeologists there say they have found pyramids.

It is claimed that the monuments have been uncovered in the east of the country and that they predate the pyramids in Egypt.

But the claim that there is evidence of pyramids is being disputed. The prestigious Academy of Sciences has sent its own expert to the dig.

It believes that this could be the Ukrainian version of Stonehenge.

This could be one of the most exciting archaeological discoveries in recent years.

It is claimed that pyramids are buried underground in eastern Ukraine. A team digging at a site near to the city of Luhansk has unearthed a huge religious complex.

It has uncovered remains which are believed to date back thousands of years.

The archaeologists say that clay plates, weighing each at least two tonnes, were arranged in circles and plastered over.

It is thought that it will take years for archaeologists to uncover the hidden truth.

In the meantime, tourism chiefs are keen to cash in and are already planning to open a hotel nearby.

[struwwelpeter]

I used to live in a little town not far from Lugansk. I trust the scientists weren't confused by one of the many 'terrakoniki' out there ;-)

[metmom]

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[denydenydeny]

Obviously they must have been stolen from the Russians.

/knee-jerk Russian chauvinist mode

[nonsporting]

Pyramids are a Russian "inwention."

[Mr. K]

what the heck is that mound??? that certainly doesn't look natural. Has anyone ever excavated around the area??

[struwwelpeter]

That's a 'terrakonik', also called a 'terrakon'. It's the junk that the coal mines dreg up. That particular one is from the 'Komsomolskaya' shaft which goes down 1800 meters.

An Indian company (Mittal?) recently has been reworking the tailings.

Friends over there said that they used to ski on them in wintertime, but the rest of the year they are dangerous.

[struwwelpeter]

Obviously they must have been stolen from the Russians.
/knee-jerk Russian chauvinist mode


The Ukrainian word for 'Russian chauvinist' ;-)

[TexAgg_IE]

I just returned from the Ukraine, and I know what you mean about the feeling towards the Russians. By the way, the "3" ( I know that's just a three, but am not sure how to do Cyrillic in html) is a Russian letter right? If I learned one thing it's not to use Russian letters in the Ukraine. Let me know if I'm totally wrong here though...

[struwwelpeter]

The '3' is actually a Ukrainian 'z', the same as the 'z' in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Serbian. Most of the Ukrainian alphabet is the same as the Russian, except for two versions of the 'i' and 'e'.

So that word would be 'Pizdets' (nasty nasty), pretty much the same word in Russian.

The language is very similar, too, but don't tell tell the Ukrainians that ;-).



I think the language historians have decided that Russian is derived from Ukrainian, and not vice versa.

Out in East Ukraine, the 'Donbas', the population almost exclusively speaks Russian and has little inclination to learn Ukrainian. Some people told me that that area was historically Russian, and that Khrushchev got drunk and re-drew the maps. Ukrainians, on the other hand, say that Stalin did his work well, so that the nation is pretty much split down the middle at the Dnepr, 50:50 Ukrainian/5th column.

Where were you at?

[Mr. K]

oh I see, thanks for the explanation.

I knew they didnt look natural.

[Larry Lucido]

Well, it was bound to get there sooner or later.

[steveo]

*heh*