Showing posts with label Stone Spheres. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stone Spheres. Show all posts

Friday, April 15, 2016

Mysterious Giant Sphere Discovered in Bosnia | VIDEO

Mysterious Giant Sphere Discovered in Bosnia 4-15-16

     In the middle of a forest on the outskirts of Zavidovici, Bosnia, archaeologist Semir Osmanagich has discovered a very large, very round rock with a radius between four and five feet.
Claire Lampen
Yahoo News
4-14-16

Possibly more than 1,500 years old, Osmanagich thinks this Bosnian rock ball may be "the oldest stone sphere made by human hands," according to the Telegraph.

Like any mysterious sphere uncovered in nature — and there are others — Osmanagich's is proving divisive.

Osmanagich, who also goes by Sam, has been "researching prehistoric stone ball phenomenon for 15 years," according to a post he wrote on the ball's discovery. Osmanagich believes the area used to house many more such spheres, but people cracked them open in misplaced pursuits of gold sometime during the 1970s. [...]

Thursday, June 26, 2014

Mysterious Stone Spheres Receive International Recognition


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Mysterious Stone Spheres International Recognition

By Zach Dyer
www.ticotimes.net
6-23-14

    Strange stone spheres crafted by pre-Columbian peoples in the southern region of Costa Rica were granted World Heritage recognition from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Monday morning. This is the first time Costa Rica has received the honor. . . .

. . . Little is known about the mysterious stone spheres, lending them an air of mystery. Archeologists do not know how pre-Columbian peoples crafted the perfect globes or why. SolĂ­s said he hoped the distinction would encourage more research into the objects and their creators. . . .