Bosnia, Illyrians and tom to mbst ston one es – beg egin inni nin ng of European civilization
Continuity of our people from the old days up to toda today y was was not not in ques questio tion, and it was part of the scientific discourse until the end of the XIX century. Therefore, up until that peri pe riod od ev ever eryo yone ne kn knew ew th that at so th Slavs were we re ac actu tual ally ly Il Illy lyria rians ns.. How Howev ever, after the Illyrian name, crest with a crescent moon and tri colour were banned by the
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emperors decree, by Germani -Hungarian political decision the progeny of the ancient anci ent Illy Illyrian rians s were were declare declare as Albanians, and south Slavs all of a sudden became “settlers from Carpat ians”.
Ancient Illyrians
Sincee lon Sinc long g we we are are aw awar aree that that Bo Bossnia and Herzegovina Herze govina represents represents an ancien ancient land with its tomb to mbst ston ones es,, with with its its anc ancie ient nt peo peop ple, which surp su rpri rise sed d Euro Europe pe wit with h its its unex unexpl plo ored world once it was was occupied occupied by Austro-Hun Austro-Hungar gary in 1878. For the first time, entire Europe was ware that on the te territory of of BiH there wa was a u ique cult, anthropologi anthro pological cal and and national national spac space which possesses the most imposing and the oldest mega me gallith thiic cul cultu ture re in wh whol olee of of Eu Eur ope. The occupying occup ying force force did not like like this, it actually presented them a large problem: size and hoariness of our cu culture ma made We Western Europe infe in feri rior or,, and and th thei eirr civ civil iliz izat atio ions ns mi miss sion absurd. This is is why a systematic systematic plan of twisting historical facts was put into place, which was an easy task taking taking into consi consideratio deration the pretty bad ba d mil miliita tary ry,, eco econo nomi mic, c, de demo mogr graa hic but also educational educa tional condi condition tion of of the peopl people living in BiH at that time.
The greatest historical lie hich brought the greatest suffering in the B lkans is the one about the influx of Slavs to this area, this myth started with systematic de truction of the Illlyrian people and th Il theeir ancient culture. Slavs were therefore always uns phisticated and primitive people, and their name comes from the word “servant, slave”, these people in reality reali ty don’t don’t have have structur structurees nor cultural achi ac hiev evem emen ents ts,, and and th they ey w re always to the “civilized” and colonial Eur pe a symbol of barbarism barbari sm and primitivis primitivism, m, to which we can att tteest to to to today. Nam Nameely, when we would perfo per form rmss a poll poll acr acros osss Ital Ital , Germany, France or Britain Britai n on the topic topic of of Slav Slavs we could hear some pretty pre tty unp unple leas asan antt comme commen nts and judgements, whic wh ich h is is a re resu sult lt of tr trad adit itio ional beli belief ef but also rank ra nkin ing g of Eu Euro rope pean an pe peop opll s, civi civilized– lized– western and pri primit mitive ive – eas eastern tern pe ples.
Until the beginning of the ustro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina the
theory of the great immigration was not seriously serio usly considered considered until until the ruin of the Illyrian Illyrian movements happened, this is best described by the historian Bogoslav Šulek (1816-1895). According to him, first the immigrants were of the same birth as the Illyrians, and second they could not outnumber the Illyrian I llyrian aboriginals which inhabited the entire Yugoslavian area, and even further than that. Dr. Tibor Živković (1966-2013) also confirmed that during the VI and VII century only a couple of thousand people migrated and not hundreds of thousands, this Serbian historian of the newer generation estimated that during that period the part of immigrated people among the aboriginals did not exceed 3%.
Croatian historian Dr. Neven Budak similarly concludes that the older historiography mistakenly believed that the ancient aboriginals were deported and exterminated in large numbers, with a minority staying in mountainous regions, coastal areas and islands. According to him, modern research in various areas proved that aboriginals survived in greater numbers than was previously presumed. Bosnian historian Đuro Besler also claims that 85% of the ancient inhabitants stayed. Vladimir Dvorniković in his Magnum opus “Characterology of Yugoslavs” recognises recognises an “ancient Illyrian” in humans humans of the Dinaric karst. Stećci Steć ci – Illy Illyrian rian tomb tombsto stones nes
After inventing lies that Illyrians I llyrians are actually Slavs another lie begins, it places the emergence of tombstones, the ancient monuments of the Illyrian culture, into the middle ages, since Western Europe cannot tolerate tolera te the fact that in BiH there there is proof of the existence of the oldest culture on European soil. Implications of discovering tombstones in the XIX century is that the European roots and continuity of existence belongs to our culture, which is in fact very logical: whoever opened an ancient ancie nt atlas knows that it is nowhere nowhere stated that the European culture was begotten in Berlin, London, Vienna or Paris. To prevent further political and geopolitical implications of this cognition, the truth had to be buried under the deposits of twisted narrative.
However, despite all frauds and historical rigging, gradually enlightenment in scientific circles began and extensive research of various archaeologists and experts confirm that the origin of tombstone dates back to the ancient time even prehistory. Thoughts about prehistoric origin of tombstones was shared by an Austrian geologist and researchers Heinrich Sterneck which as an Austro-Hungarian officergeologist researched mineral wealth of Bosnia and Herzegovina and found various necropolis’ in the field. He thought that the tombstones most certainly belonged to the ancient times, since they were usually located on Illyrian piles or in their vicinity and that they’re old as the Illyrian burial mounds. The other researcher Alexandar Sapieha spoke about tombstones as very old monuments which resemble Egyptian and Parthian ones. German archaeologist George Wild had an interesting claim, namely the tombstones in Bosnia represent the old European cultural heritage, and that some symbols such as lilies (which are symbols on the Bosnian crest) stems from the ancient times, often as tombstones, that various types of crosses are pre-Christian and were known in the ancient culture, and Christianity adopted them at a later period, giving them Christian interpretation.
Yet, the best proof that tombstones were not built in the middle ages are the dimensions and weight of a large number of tombstones. There is no technological context which would place the practice of breaking off of 32 ton megaliths and their transportation of across great distances. Anyway, why would someone do such a thing, and not use such technology in building other structures. Kemal Čolak from Sarajevo calculated that for the construction of such a megalith which is located in Pavlovac near Sarajevo, one would need to break off a cuboid of 40 tons. A logical question can be posed, where would one find such a quarry, and what tools were used for such a purpose. It is especially interesting to mention that some locals claimed that the monument is located on the former training grounds of JNA, and that the army removed all other monuments from that location, but they didn’t have the necessary machinery to remove this one. What did the man from middle ages use to move it? With that, in the dark middle middle ages, times times of wars, fratricide and crusades against Arian Christians, time of famine, poverty and survival, there was no time for erecting hundred thousand monuments, nor the time for laborious and long transportation and great embellishment of the monuments. Was it done in the middle ages, such a powerful and technically advanced civilization would easily fend off attackers and conquer entire Europe. There are numerous arguments which testify that tombstones cannot be from the middle ages, though in the middle ages they were used, partially inscribed and ornamented. Here are some of them: 1. Official science until the end of the 19th century considered tombstones to be prehistoric monuments. 2. It was noted that the symbols on the monuments were tied to ancient civilizations, especially Egyptian and Parthian. 3. There are no known folk tales which speak of construction of monuments in the middle ages. However, there are numerous ones which place the process far in prehistory. 4. There are no inscriptions about the building
of monuments amongst the ancient people from Dubrovnik, and it is known that the agents from Dubrovnik recorded anything which was of the smallest interest. Such inscriptions are not known in other archives of Dalmatia and Italy. 5. In heaps under the monuments we see a continuation of burials from the 20th century BCE up until the 20th century. 6. Tombs from the middle ages on necropolis’ are located near tombstones or underneath stone switches, i.e. smaller tombstones, which proves the continuity of burial from prehistory, but not their medieval origin. 7. From around 100 000 tombstones, and there were more, only 6000 of them are ornamented, and a smaller number contains various crosses which were pre-Christian and familiar in ancient times. Yet if we persist that they’re actually Christian symbols, we’re talking about a number which is smaller than 1%. The possibility of Christians avoiding cross symbols when ornamenting is simply absurd. 8. In the middle ages in Dalmatia, Bosnia and Serbia numerous wars were waged, mostly crusades against Arian Christians, during this time social-economic conditions were not ripe for erection of megalith necropolis. 9. Depiction of ancient pillars of a temple in numerous megalith monuments additionally confirms the pre-historical origin of tombstones. 10. Layers of humus on monuments which are today underground are between 30 and 80 cm, while on Roman monuments they are between 15 and 30 cm, which rather points to the Bronze age and not the Middle Ages. 11. That burial under tombstones and under a mound was a custom from the Bronze age is depicted through the verses from the Iliad and Odyssey in which burials of cremation remains are mentioned, bodies in a heap on which a tombstone was placed. 12. Tombstones are also mentioned in the Old Testament, which also points to the Bronze and Iron age.
Illyrian god Vidasus on stećak
