Originally posted by Nikola014
I went to library, and they said that they don't have that kind of information..And University said that they will contact me as soon as they find
something about it....
I'm planning to go to Rtanj with few friends who have the necessary equipment for the research...And I'll be going there within the week...
A good geological map of the area will tell you more (those are usually available from a number of sources. Wikipedia has information on the geology
-- it's basically upthrust limestone with karst sinkholes (so watch your step. It's riddled with natural caves.) Wikipedia has a good relief map
of the area, which gives more information than the topo map you posted.
The second image on this page has an even more detailed map:
www.mountain-forecast.com... Notice the multiple erosion
valleys and the shape -- which really isn't a pyramid.
But if you aren't convinced by maps, I suggest that you visit the mines. They lead into the mountain. If this was a pyramid, all they would have
to do to get to treasures/salt/whatever is just take out blocks instead of blasting through rock.
Geological descriptions of the area:
The entire part of Serbia east of the Great and South Morava rivers is referred to as "Carpatho-Balkan arc" in geotectonic terminology. The region
is composed of rocks of Proterozoic to Quaternary age. Limestones and dolomites (in a lesser extent) of Jurassic (J2, J3) and Lower Cretaceous (K1+2,
K3+4) age whose thickness can be more than 1,000 m. The structures are generally oriented in north-south direction, which bend on northern and
southern parts, forming a C-shaped arc.[3]
Though those mountains are related to the Carpathians from the geological point of view, they have been included to them by the scientists only at the
end of the 20. century. In the past, those mountains were included by mistake to the Balkan mountains.
en.wikipedia.org...
In any case, I think it's a FUN excursion idea and I hope you bring us back pictures! I doubt, however, you'll find any pyramids The area has been
farmed and mined and studied for resource mining -- people would have noticed if there was a pyramid shaped area where you could conveniently pick up
quarried blocks of limestone to make houses and other things with.
