In the extreme northwest of Russia is the Kola Peninsula, one of the largest in all of Europe and which is also located almost entirely within the Arctic Circle. But it is not precisely its climate that draws the most attention, but rather its supposed pyramids, which according to them, are up to twice as old as the Egyptian ones.
This region of the world extends from the Barents Sea with which it borders to the north and with the White Sea on its eastern and southeastern limit. According to historians, it is one of the oldest regions on the planet, where civilization began to arrive from the 5th millennium before the Common Era. But in the 1st millennium BC, only the inhabitants of the traditional people known as Sami remained in the region. .
This is why it is believed that the Sami were the authors of what today are only underground ruins of what perhaps once were great pyramids. Today the Sami people continue to inhabit the region and in fact, consider the northern area of the peninsula as sacred, especially the upper reaches of the Grubei River, which is where the supposedly large pyramid is located.
Traces of Hyperborea?
It is not clear whether the Russian pyramids were actually built by an ancient civilization, but there are those who venture to believe that they could be the traces of the long-gone Hyperborea.
In ancient Greek texts there are references to a land of unknown location called Hyperborea. According to the Greeks, the name of this city comes from the terms Hyper Borea, which means ‘beyond the north’ and which derives from the belief that the god Boreas, who lived in Thrace, had given birth to different children called Hyperboreans. , who lived far beyond the north.
The first records of this city appear in The Histories of Herodotus, written in 450 BC. However, Herodotus himself takes as references two other historians who previously mentioned the name of Hyperborea: Hesiod and Homer. In Herodotus’s writings, he talks about his assumptions that the unknown city was located somewhere in northeast Asia.
In that sense, many believe that the pyramids found in Russia could be the trace of the missing Hyperborea, although there is no scientific evidence to support this fact.
What are the pyramids found in Russia like?
There is not much information about the Russian pyramids, but according to archaeologists who have ventured to the Kola Peninsula, the structures could be twice as old as the Giza pyramids in Egypt. According to estimates, they could date from between 9 thousand years ago and 40 thousand years ago. The structures are aligned in an east-west direction, so it is believed they may have served as observers.
Despite the mysticism that surrounds this group of ancient ruins, there is not much research on the matter and little is known about them. This is why there is no scientific evidence, at least until now, that can reveal the secret of the Russian pyramids.
*Image credit: Peter Lam.