Sunward :) - a Trek from Bosnia to the Canary Islands

We're heading to the Canary Islands on November 1st, making the trek from cold, wet Bosnia to the healthening climes of the Islas Canarias archipelago.

Liz and Jock, October 25, 2011

Liz and I met on the 2011 Volunteer Summer Camp excavation project in the Valley of the Pyramids here in Visoko, Bosnia.

We are both interested in ancient civilizations and specifically in hands-on archaeological work: shoveling. We love to dig, and we're hoping that the ancient step pyramids on the Canary Islands will afford us some volunteer archaeological work.

Part of the Güimar pyramid complex on the island of Tenerife.

At least nine pyramids were built in Güímar, and six of these have survived modern vandalism.

Part of the Güimar pyramid complex. Photo by Gabriele Lukacs.

Detail of one of the Güimar pyramids. Photo by Gabriele Lukacs.

There is still significant controversy surrounding the origin of these ancient mortar-free ("dry-stack") step pyramids on the Canary Islands. 

The scientific orthodoxy wants us to believe the pyramids on the Canary Islands were built by farmers stacking rocks up in their fields. But the pyramids' stones were not native to this area but had to be brought from further inland. And the stones' flat sides always point outward.

Part of the Güimar pyramid complex. Photo by Gabriele Lukacs.

Who built these beautifully conceived and rendered dry-stack step pyramids? And why?

San Marcos pyramid. Photo by Steve Andrews, "The Bard of Ely"