The White Pyramid of Xi’an: The Structure Hidden Behind China’s Tombs
In 1912, American trader Fred Meyer Schroder travelled through Shaanxi with a local Buddhist monk. He wrote that he saw a large grey-white pyramid surrounded by smaller pyramids. His guide said the structures were thousands of years old and that the story was kept in monastery records. Thirty-five years later, American pilot James Gaussman described a gigantic white pyramid south-west of Xi’an, with a jewel-like caps
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In 1912, American trader Fred Meyer Schroder travelled through Shaanxi with a local Buddhist monk. He wrote that he saw a large grey-white pyramid surrounded by smaller pyramids. His guide said the structures were thousands of years old and that the story was kept in monastery records. Thirty-five years later, American pilot James Gaussman described a gigantic white pyramid south-west of Xi’an, with a jewel-like capstone. In 1947, Maurice Sheahan, the Far East director of Trans World Airlines, also said he had seen a large pyramid while flying over the region.
In 1912, American trader Fred Meyer Schroder travelled through Shaanxi with a local Buddhist monk. He wrote that he saw a large grey-white pyramid surrounded by smaller pyramids. His guide said the structures were thousands of years old and that the story was kept in monastery records. Thirty-five years later, American pilot James Gaussman described a gigantic white pyramid south-west of Xi’an, with a jewel-like caps
In 1912, American trader Fred Meyer Schroder travelled through Shaanxi with a local Buddhist monk. He wrote that he saw a large grey-white pyramid surrounded by smaller pyramids. His guide said the structures were thousands of years old and that the story was kept in monastery records. Thirty-five years later, American pilot James Gaussman described a gigantic white pyramid south-west of Xi’an, with a jewel-like caps
In 1912, American trader Fred Meyer Schroder travelled through Shaanxi with a local Buddhist monk. He wrote that he saw a large grey-white pyramid surrounded by smaller pyramids. His guide said the structures were thousands of years old and that the story was kept in monastery records. Thirty-five years later, American pilot James Gaussman described a gigantic white pyramid south-west of Xi’an, with a jewel-like caps
In 1912, American trader Fred Meyer Schroder travelled through Shaanxi with a local Buddhist monk. He wrote that he saw a large grey-white pyramid surrounded by smaller pyramids. His guide said the structures were thousands of years old and that the story was kept in monastery records. Thirty-five years later, American pilot James Gaussman described a gigantic white pyramid south-west of Xi’an, with a jewel-like caps