up to today was not in question, and it was part of the scientific discourse until the end of the XIX century. Therefore, up until that period everyone knew that south Slavs were actually Illyrians. However, after the Illyrian name, crest with a crescent moon and tri colour were banned by the Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Steci emperors decree, by Germanic-Hungarian political decision the progeny of the The greatest historical lie which brought the ancient Illyrians were declared as greatest suffering in the Balkans is the one about the influx of Slavs to this area, this myth Albanians, and south Slavs all of a sudden started with systematic destruction of the became settlers from Carpathians. Illyrian people and their ancient culture. Slavs were therefore always unsophisticated and primitive people, and their name comes from Ancient Illyrians the word servant, slave, these people in reality dont have structures nor cultural Since long we are aware that Bosnia and achievements, and they were always to the Herzegovina represents an ancient land with its civilized and colonial Europe a symbol of tombstones, with its ancient people, which barbarism and primitivism, to which we can surprised Europe with its unexplored world once attest to today. Namely, when we would it was occupied by Austro-Hungary in 1878. For performs a poll across Italy, Germany, France or the first time, entire Europe was aware that on Britain on the topic of Slavs we could hear some the territory of BiH there was a unique cult, pretty unpleasant comments and judgements, anthropological and national space which which is a result of traditional belief but also possesses the most imposing and the oldest ranking of European peoples, civilized western megalithic culture in whole of Europe. The and primitive eastern peoples. occupying force did not like this, it actually presented them a large problem: size and hoariness of our culture made Western Europe inferior, and their civilizations mission absurd. This is why a systematic plan of twisting historical facts was put into place, which was an easy task taking into consideration the pretty bad military, economic, demographic but also educational condition of the people living in BiH at that time.
Until the beginning of the Austro-Hungarian
occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina the theory of the great immigration was not seriously considered until the ruin of the Illyrian movements happened, this is best described by the historian Bogoslav ulek (1816-1895). According to him, first the immigrants were of the same birth as the Illyrians, and second they could not outnumber the Illyrian aboriginals which inhabited the entire Yugoslavian area, and even further than that. Dr. Tibor ivkovi (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 However, despite all frauds and historical aboriginals did not exceed 3%. rigging, gradually enlightenment in scientific circles began and extensive research of various archaeologists and experts confirm that the Croatian historian Dr. Neven Budak similarly origin of tombstone dates back to the ancient concludes that the older historiography time even prehistory. Thoughts about mistakenly believed that the ancient aboriginals prehistoric origin of tombstones was shared by were deported and exterminated in large an Austrian geologist and researchers Heinrich numbers, with a minority staying in Sterneck which as an Austro-Hungarian officer- mountainous regions, coastal areas and islands. geologist researched mineral wealth of Bosnia According to him, modern research in various and Herzegovina and found various necropolis areas proved that aboriginals survived in in the field. He thought that the tombstones greater numbers than was previously presumed. most certainly belonged to the ancient times, Bosnian historian uro Besler also claims that since they were usually located on Illyrian piles 85% of the ancient inhabitants stayed. Vladimir or in their vicinity and that theyre old as the Dvornikovi in his Magnum opus Illyrian burial mounds. The other researcher Characterology of Yugoslavs recognises an Alexandar Sapieha spoke about tombstones as ancient Illyrian in humans of the Dinaric karst. very old monuments which resemble Egyptian and Parthian ones. German archaeologist Steci Illyrian tombstones George Wild had an interesting claim, namely the tombstones in Bosnia represent the old After inventing lies that Illyrians are actually European cultural heritage, and that some Slavs another lie begins, it places the symbols such as lilies (which are symbols on the emergence of tombstones, the ancient Bosnian crest) stems from the ancient times, monuments of the Illyrian culture, into the often as tombstones, that various types of middle ages, since Western Europe cannot crosses are pre-Christian and were known in the tolerate the fact that in BiH there is proof of the ancient culture, and Christianity adopted them existence of the oldest culture on European soil. at a later period, giving them Christian Implications of discovering tombstones in the interpretation. 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 atlas knows that it is 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. of monuments amongst the ancient people from Yet, the best proof that tombstones were not Dubrovnik, and it is known that the agents from built in the middle ages are the dimensions and Dubrovnik recorded anything which was of the weight of a large number of tombstones. There smallest interest. Such inscriptions are not is no technological context which would place known in other archives of Dalmatia and Italy. the practice of breaking off of 32 ton megaliths and their transportation of across great 5. In heaps under the monuments we see a distances. Anyway, why would someone do such continuation of burials from the 20th century a thing, and not use such technology in building BCE up until the 20th century. other structures. Kemal olak from Sarajevo calculated that for the construction of such a 6. Tombs from the middle ages on necropolis megalith which is located in Pavlovac near are located near tombstones or underneath Sarajevo, one would need to break off a cuboid stone switches, i.e. smaller tombstones, which of 40 tons. A logical question can be posed, proves the continuity of burial from prehistory, where would one find such a quarry, and what but not their medieval origin. tools were used for such a purpose. It is especially interesting to mention that some 7. From around 100 000 tombstones, and there locals claimed that the monument is located on were more, only 6000 of them are ornamented, the former training grounds of JNA, and that the and a smaller number contains various crosses army removed all other monuments from that which were pre-Christian and familiar in ancient location, but they didnt have the necessary times. Yet if we persist that theyre actually machinery to remove this one. What did the Christian symbols, were talking about a number man from middle ages use to move it? With which is smaller than 1%. The possibility of that, in the dark middle ages, times of wars, Christians avoiding cross symbols when fratricide and crusades against Arian Christians, ornamenting is simply absurd. time of famine, poverty and survival, there was no time for erecting hundred thousand 8. In the middle ages in Dalmatia, Bosnia and monuments, nor the time for laborious and long Serbia numerous wars were waged, mostly transportation and great embellishment of the crusades against Arian Christians, during this monuments. Was it done in the middle ages, time social-economic conditions were not ripe such a powerful and technically advanced for erection of megalith necropolis. civilization would easily fend off attackers and conquer entire Europe. 9. Depiction of ancient pillars of a temple in numerous megalith monuments additionally There are numerous arguments which testify confirms the pre-historical origin of tombstones. that tombstones cannot be from the middle ages, though in the middle ages they were 10. Layers of humus on monuments which are used, partially inscribed and ornamented. Here today underground are between 30 and 80 cm, are some of them: while on Roman monuments they are between 15 and 30 cm, which rather points to the Bronze 1. Official science until the end of the 19th age and not the Middle Ages. century considered tombstones to be prehistoric monuments. 11. That burial under tombstones and under a mound was a custom from the Bronze age is 2. It was noted that the symbols on the depicted through the verses from the Iliad and monuments were tied to ancient civilizations, Odyssey in which burials of cremation remains especially Egyptian and Parthian. are mentioned, bodies in a heap on which a tombstone was placed. 3. There are no known folk tales which speak of construction of monuments in the middle ages. 12. Tombstones are also mentioned in the Old However, there are numerous ones which place Testament, which also points to the Bronze and the process far in prehistory. Iron age.
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