French pyramid in Europe?

Ivan Petricevic (curiosmos.com, June 27, 2020 via George Knapp's News, Coast to Coast) edited, corrected, and updated by Pat Macpherson, Seth Auberon, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The famous African monuments of Egypt overshadow the world's many other pyramids.

A frontal view of the pyramid that once stood near Nice, France.

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Was there an ancient French pyramid in Nice?
A pyramid in France, thought to have been built between 4,000 and 3,500 BCE, may have been the oldest in Europe.

(Of course, the Bosnian pyramid is likely older and far larger). The French pyramid rose to a height of over 50 meters (164 feet or 54.68 yards). Alas, it was destroyed more than half a century ago, allegedly to "make way for a highway."

Pyramids have been on this planet (and exist on other planets like Mars) and were already old by the time of King (Pharaoh) Tut, with thousands of them found all over the world.

The most famous pyramids may be those in Egypt. They are thought to have been built starting about 4,700 years ago. (Better research says they are at least 25,000 years old, as watermarks indicate, showing that they were submerged at a time when the surrounding desert was lush foliage).

King Djoser envisioned and commissioned a step pyramid made of stone, but before his Saqqara Pyramid complex, other ancient civilizations built them, too. One of the oldest examples can be traced back to South America, in present-day Brazil.

Archeological excavations have revealed that thousands of years ago, around 3,000 BCE, an ancient civilization constructed large pyramids made of earthen materials. The Brazilian pyramids are considered the oldest on Earth.

However, unlike their Mexican and Egyptian counterparts, which were built of stone and stronger materials, the Brazilian pyramids are mostly built out of seashells. They served as temples and sacred gathering centers in ancient times.

Generations later other ancient cultures across South America also built pyramids. The ancient city-state of Caral and its pyramids are other examples of early pyramid-development in history. Eventually, pyramidomania spread around the world, as different civilizations constructed striking pyramids.

Mexico (Mesoameria)

Model of Mexico's Cholula pyramid complex

The largest on earth is located in Mesoamerica, in present-day Cholula, Mexico. It is the size of a mountain, which European invaders attempted to conceal by burying it and building a Roman Catholic church on its massive peak.

With a total volume of over 4.45 million cubic meters, the Great Pyramid of Cholula is nearly twice as large as the Great Pyramid of Giza, which has an estimated total volume of only 2.5 million cubic meters.

Pyramid? Monks Mound, Cahokia, Illinois

Pyramids were built throughout the Americas, even in present-day Alaska, USA, and Cahokia -- although those are actually earthen mounds with level tops, and many seem to have been burial mounds of giants (whose remains are hidden away by the Smithsonian, which is not one place but a collective of institutions.

Mexico has the greatest collection, with stunning examples in the ancient city of Teotihuacan and its three pyramids: the Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon, and the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent (avian-reptilian) deity.

Pyramids are not limited to South, Central, and North America. They were not only built in Mesoamerica (Mexico) or the country of Egypt on the continent of Africa. There are pyramids scattered in many countries, with most of them likely still sitting under thick jungle to be found with LiDAR-enabled space archeology.

Sejarah Gunung Padang, Java, Indonesia

Asia has many pyramids of different sizes and designs. Even "Old World" Europe, which may not be that old compared to what developed on other parts of the planet, has them. Many are unaware of the Greek and Bosnian pyramids or the one in France that used to be there. Images of what looks like a massive step pyramid near Saint Andre have been circulating on the internet for a long time.

Nehru visited Borobudur Buddhist temple, a flat top pyramid with stupas on it, Indonesia.

From above, the largest Buddhist site is a pyramid in Borobudor, Indonesia

But reports are scarce, with little information available on the internet. What is there has morphed throughout the years, changing from one publication to another.

Nevertheless, the French pyramid of Saint Andre in Nice, if real, was a stunning example of pyramid building techniques in Europe, comparable in design to some of those erected in the Americas and Africa.

The pyramid is said to have stood more than 50 meters in height, with a base of about 200 meters. Located northeast of the city of Nice, reports suggest it dated back to about 4,000 BCE, which would make it one of the oldest officially-dated pyramids on the planet, if it were officially dated.

It would predate its Egyptian counterparts by more than a thousand years, not in real terms but at least in official ones.

Gunung Panang, Mt. Parang, Java, Indonesia

Despite its immense historical and archeological significance, the pyramid was completely demolished in 1970, allegedly to make way for a highway (or perhaps to conceal the rudimentary architectural skills of its builders compared to the dazzling advanced African technology exhibited in Egypt).

The few reports by the limited sources make reference to the structure and have a few pictures, but modern archeology and history is done by internet search. So if it is not organized and uploaded, it remains unknown, lost in the stacks of library systems around the world.

Caral-Supe Civilizaiton, Peru: Reconstruction of one of the pyramids of Aspero (wiki)

This is another view of the French step pyramid at Saint-Andre, Nice (eco-spiritual.org).

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What reports exist on the internet suggest that no official archeological excavations were performed, and there are no known published studies of the site.

This is a huge surprise. For if there were no studies performed on it, how did this pyramid earn the label of being at least 6,000 years old? (Was it so poorly constructed that it was "projected" to be that old compared African masterpieces in the south?)

The dating and its questionable methods must have come from somewhere, which suggests that someone did indeed study the structure before it was purposely demolished.

Fortunately, small bits of information are hidden on the internet. One of the best sources yet found comes from the website eco-spirituality.org, which offers insightful information. The Pyramid of Saint-André, northeast of the city of Nice on the French Riviera, is one of the largest found on the European continent.

Constructed with the use of several steps of dry stones, once stood more than 50 meters tall, with each side was approximately 200 meters long. It bears a clear similarity to other European pyramids, such as the Pyramid of Barnenez in Brittany and those of Güímar on the Canary Island of Tenerife.

China has great pyramids, built by people from the sun but hidden by the CCP (PNAS.org).

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Old pyramids, Mt. Kailash, Tibet/China?

Although its construction date is a mystery, it is said to have been constructed between 4000-3500 BCE. This, according to Eco-Spirituality.org, coincides with the era in which the Pelasgians, the “peoples of the sea,” settled in Europe after abandoning their fertile homelands in and around the basin of the Black Sea, which was gradually flooded by Mediterranean waters.

The Pyramid of Saint-André constitutes an important historical testimony to some civilization that lived on the continent before the rise of the Roman Empire and its imperial Christianity.

Despite its importance, in the late 1970s, it was completely bulldozed to make way for a motorway junction east of the city of Nice.

Photographs taken by scrupulous observers before it was demolished bear witness to its imposing size. Authors of the 20th century, such as Bonaventure Salvetti, Roger Cheneveau, and Henri Broch, bear testimony to its existence. Source