theregister.co.uk — Reports are emerging from Bosnia-Herzegovina of structures that make the pyramid of Giza look like a scale model. At 267 meters tall, the Pyramid of the Sun blows the Egyptian opposition into the weeds.
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ahmedbDec 27, 2006
Yeah skiing on that pyramid is really nice :) The one by isemism that is...
grendelDec 27, 2006
New digg feature allows OLD NEWS to make it to front page based on ignorance of people just learning to read.
pyratorDec 27, 2006
OTGoing north of here is what looks like a forest fire for anyone messing with Google Earth 44°20'29.49"N 18°16'16.36"E
johnnyzeroDec 27, 2006
dugg inaccurate - the interview culminates with this statement :"In this site they have a fabulous natural phenomenon and the danger is that the people and the country could become a laughing stock if the site continues to be interpreted in this way."The claims of it being a Pyramid are not related to this article, so the headline is wrong.
rodeorobotDec 27, 2006
According to this (*unverified) source, the largest pyramid is in China and is over 1000 feet tall and 5000 years old, and served as the tomb for a Chinese empress.<a class="user" href="http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question13652.html">http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question13652.html</a>
msmcdDec 27, 2006
The publication from the Archaeological Institute of America has featured a couple of articles about the "pyramids" and the "archaeologist" that is making the claims:<a class="user" href="http://www.archaeology.org/0607/abstracts/bosnia.html">http://www.archaeology.org/0607/abstracts/bosnia.html</a>In this update posted on their website, they follow the ebb and flow of the pyramid story, and also discuss the experts that Osmanagic sites. Basically the whole thing is a fraud. The Egyptian expert is a fraud, and other experts (if they are real experts) have disavowed any association. Finally, UNESCO is also making a statement about the pyramids and Osmanagic's "pseudoarchaeological claims."<a class="user" href="http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/osmanagic/update.html#update">http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/osmanagic/update.html#update</a>
ghostalDec 29, 2006
I did read the RTFA (cool). And I RTOriginalFA <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/general_sciences/Scientists_begin_dig_at_Bosnian_%E2%80%98pyramid%E2%80%99">http://digg.com/general_sciences/Scientists_begin_dig_at_Bosnian_%E2%80%98pyramid%E2%80%99</a> and this whole thing is a joke, both times.
jdj2007Feb 10, 2007
This is an extremely interesting and perhaps equally important story. If nothing else, it proves how little we know about the ancient past and that of the Bosnian region in particular. See <a class="user" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4443738390504296376&hl=en">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4443738390504296376&hl=en</a> for some video of a large network of tunnels they are currently excavating. Unless this is an elaborate hoax, there was definitely some significant construction at this site for which there is no surviving historical record; and the hills/structures are shaped and positioned in the same very unlikely/unusual way as Egyptian pyramids. We?ve all seen that image from Mars of what seems to be a monument with what looks like a face, but in this case we have much better images and there are three such structures/hills situated exactly like some of the pyramids in Egypt. Admittedly this region of Bosnia has a lot of geometrically shaped hills, so perhaps there is some mix of the man-made and naturally occurring or perhaps it is even entirely natural, but it is definitely worth investigating. The bottom line is the experts are being very stubborn and completely myopic (a little knowledge is a dangerous thing but sometimes a lot of knowledge is even more dangerous). Their claim is that there is no supporting evidence to prove the date of the stones/structures that have been uncovered and no POSSIBILITY that an ancient civilization ever lived in that region capable of building such large structures (the logic being that if there was such a civilization we would have already found artifacts, even though they admit to knowing next to nothing about the region's ancient civilizations such as the Illyrians). The question is simply whether there is a pyramid there (because if there is then there must have been a LOST civilization capable of building it) or just some unknown man-made structures added to a set of very unusual naturally occurring hills. So far there has been no conclusive evidence presented either way, but the experts are not going to help answer that question because they are sure they already know the answer and/or because they are afraid of damaging their reputations by being associated with a hoax or even an honest mistake. Osmanagi??s background doesn?t help but it has provided the motivation for his undertaking. He is a businessman and believer in a link between the pyramids of Eqypt and Latin America, Atlantis, and of course the alien visitors that tie everything together. He is most likely wrong about a lot of his beliefs but again the question is simply whether there is a pyramid there, not whether it was built by or for aliens or whether it proves a link with other regions with similar pyramids. The fact is that civilizations around the world built pyramids (including but not limited to Egypt, Central America, South America, CHINA!!!, France!!, Africa!!, and the Ukraine!!) throughout their history so it would come as no surprise if some lost civilization in this region did the same a little earlier than the biggest (non-Chinese?) ones, on a slightly bigger scale than the biggest ones, or whatever. So I am disregarding the "experts" and eagerly waiting to see if Osmanagi? can prove his case. It seems like it should be an easy question to answer but according to Osmanagi? it may take several years. If the experts are in fact wrong they will all be very embarrassed and, more importantly, Europe will take it?s rightful place as home of one of the world?s first real civilizations. Otherwise, perhaps Osmanagi? is damaging an important historical site (which could be a pretty bad thing) but at least he?s doing something to answer a question that has been asked by people in that region for a very long time. -Josh
sheryyFeb 15, 2007
I've read an interesting article on <a class="user" href="http://www.bosnian-pyramid.net">http://www.bosnian-pyramid.net</a>about the corners of the pyramid. It would be an easy way to proofquickly the existence, but they dig near the corners but not thecorners. Then they've dug something on the top of it, but not thetop!? I've seen some pictures on that really let me think again aboutthis whole thing. Every day I believe less in this mystery.
vacksSep 16, 2008
PIRAMIDA BOSANSKA!!!!!!!!!!one111!!!
illyriaxdotxnetDec 11, 2009
"Can anyone find this on Google Earth?"I doubt it since aliens created invisible protective shields around them illyria.net<a class="user" href="http://balkanforums.illyria.net/" rel="nofollow">http://balkanforums.illyria.net/</a>