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The Melnik Earth Pyramids (Bulgarian: Мелнишки пирамиди) are rock formations, known as hoodoos, situated at the foothills of the Pirin mountain range in south-western Bulgaria. They span an area of 17 km 2 near the town of Melnik , Blagoevgrad Province .
The area around Melnik is strikingly eroded, particularly the enormous area of cliff that serves as a backdrop to the town. This area, covering some 17 km 2 near Melnik, Kurlanovo and Rozhen, has been called the Melnik Earth Pyramids or Melnik Badlands. The hills in this area can rise up to 100 metres (330 ft) high. [7]
Melnik Earth Pyramids: Melnik Earth Pyramids are situated in the foothills of the Pirin Mountain in south-western Bulgaria, spanning an area of 17 km 2 near Melnik, Karlanovo and Rozhen. Blagoevgrad Province. Reaching a height of up to 100 m these sandstone pyramids are shaped in forms, resembling giant mushrooms, ancient towers and obelisks.
The Melnik Earth Pyramids constitute a specific and unique micro habitat of high conservation value and were designated a natural landmark in 1960. [20] Similar rock formations are found further north along the slopes of Pirin facing the Struma Valley near the town of Kresna. [20]
The Rozhen Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Bulgarian: Роженски манастир "Рождество Богородично", Rozhenski manastir "Rozhdestvo Bogorodichno", Greek: Μονή Ροζινού, Moni Rozinou) is the biggest monastery in the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, nestled in the Melnik Earth Pyramids.
Archaeologists claim this pyramid is 27,000 years is old. But some scientists argue the structure can't be that ancient—and that humans couldn't have built it.
Rozhen, Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Рожен) is a village in the municipality of Sandanski, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria. [1] It is situated at the south-western foothills of the Pirin mountain range and is nestled within the Melnik Earth Pyramids.
Aliens do not appear to fall short on such challenges, as they are being credited with the creation of an 8.5-mile-wide pyramid said to be on the ocean floor near Mexico, notes the Daily Mail ...