The images show what appear to be three pyramids with four faces similar to the famous pyramid of Giza in Egypt.
The question that has many researchers and conspiracy theorists debating is that these images are real? Could these be authentic man-made pyramids created by an ancient civilization or aliens?
Mysterious Pyramids in Antarctica.
Then there were many theories about the origin of these Pyramids. Some more controversial suggestions suggest that the Pyramids are remnants of an earlier legendary Atlantis civilization in Antarctica.
Meanwhile, several other researchers have proposed a natural geology-related explanation for the Antarctic Pyramids. Scientists suggest that the Pyramids could be nunatak (ice islands). Nunatak are peaks that jut out of the ice and rise above the surrounding terrain. Two of the Pyramids of Antarctica can be found at a distance of 16 km from the coast. The third pyramid is said to be located near the coast.
The discovery of these strange pyramids suggests that Antarctica may have been inhabited by humans around 6,000 years ago. Research by researcher Charles Hapgood supports the existence of an ancient civilization on a continent currently covered by ice.
Previously, with the Map of Ancient Sea Kings, Dr. Charles Hapgood published a map of Piri Reis in Antarctica. This 16th century map shocked the world at the time because it showed Antarctica… without ice. This is speculated to be related to the existence of an unknown civilization.
Piri Reis is a world map compiled in 1513 from the military intelligence of the Ottoman navy and cartographer Piri Reis. The mysterious point is that the map shows some areas that have not been explored by humans at the time of the map’s birth, such as the North Antarctic Sea. How was it possible for humans then to accurately redraw the coast of North Antarctica? One theory is that this is the result of global exploration of an ancient civilization that has never been known.
This map was discovered by accident in 1929 by the German theologian, Gustav Adolf Deissmann (1866-1937). He was commissioned by the Turkish Ministry of Education to catalog the non-Muslim artifacts in the Topkapi palace library. In the process, Deissmann discovered an ancient map. Realizing this might be a unique find, Deissmann brought it to the Orientalist Paul Kahle, who identified it as the Piri Reis map.
This discovery has attracted much interest, as it seems to reconstruct the (lost) map of Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) of the sixteenth century, showing South America in precise relation to Africa. Meanwhile, many researchers over the years have failed to find the "lost map of Columbus" , a map believed to have been drawn by Columbus while in the West Indies. Even after reading the discovery of the Piri Reis map, the then US Secretary of State, Henry L. Stimson contacted the US Ambassador to Turkey to find the Columbus map.
The Piri Reis map uses a variety of references. It includes ten Arabic sources, four Indian maps (from the Portuguese) and one map of Columbus. About a third of the surviving maps show the west coasts of Europe and North Africa and the coast of Brazil with remarkable accuracy.
Remnants of the Piri Reis map showing the coasts of Central and South America (pictured).
Currently, the Piri Reis map is in the library of Topkapi palace (Istanbul, Turkey), but is not regularly displayed to the public. This map image also appears on the reverse of the 10 million Turkish lira note for the period 1999-2005 and of the new 10-lira banknote from 2005 to 2009. Piri Reis is a graph (portolan), represented by four rose compasses (two large and two small) from which radiate directions. Some analyzes assert that Piri Reis is an equidistant azimuth map centered on Cairo. However, an analysis by Steven Dutch in 1998 showed that the center of the map could be a coordinate near the intersection between the prime meridian and the equator.
The Iberian peninsula and the coast of Africa are shown accurately. In relation to Africa, the Americas, the north coast of South America is also represented fairly well. But the region that represents North America bears little resemblance to its actual coastline (not surprising since this time around, it was almost unexplored land). Most notably, the Queen Maud Land region, along with the northern Antarctic coast, is also shown in the Piri Reis map.
How can humans accurately redraw the coast of North Antarctica? It should be noted that the first human footings of the South Pole were not earlier than 1820. And the coast of Queen Maud Land had no significant exploration before the Norwegian expeditions began in 1891. At the time of the Piri Reis map - in 1513, the Cape Horn region was still undiscovered and the voyage around Ferdinand Magellan was indeed unsatisfactory six years later.
One theory is that this is the result of global exploration of an ancient civilization that has never been known. This is the idea that Charles Hapgood mentioned in his book "Ancient Kings Sea Map" (1966). This book proposes a theory of global exploration of an unknown ancient civilization, based on his analysis of ancient and late medieval maps. This idea is also repeated in Erich von Däniken ’s Chariot of the Gods .
Gregory McIntosh, a historian of cartography, offers a more logical opinion when analyzing the Piri Reis map. Some of the differences in the Piri Reis map, such as the appearance of the Virgin Islands at two locations, are due to the use of various maps as sources. Other inconsistencies (such as errors in North American geography), can be traced back to confusion with East Asia. In addition, if we consider the accuracy of the Atlantic coast, there are two obvious errors. First, it is represented hundreds of miles north of the correct location. Second, the Drake Passage has completely disappeared and the Antarctic peninsula may have been nested with the Argentine coast.
Although determining the accuracy of the areas in the Piri Reis map that correspond to the icy Antarctic coast is also a problem. Because the note on the map says the area has a warm climate but is now covered with ice. However, mainstream scholars say there is no reason to believe that the map is the product of authentic knowledge of the Antarctic coast.
