Bosnian Pyramid Guy Really a Nutter?
April 29th, 2006
Archaeology magazine think so. I was pleased to hear of this article, which I thought would shed some light on the history of the era, and prove or disprove the likelihood of there being a pyramid in Bosnia. Instead they have opted to attack the man himself, rather than the project.
But time and again the media reports say that Osmanagic has spent 15 years studying the pyramids of Latin America. What is not included in the reports is how Osmanagic interprets those structures and the cultures that built them. Had anyone bothered to investigate, they would have found rather bizarre notions in Osmanagic’s book The World of the Maya (Gorgias Press, Euphrates imprint, 2005; $29.95). I had a look at the online edition of it (accessible on Osmanagic’s “Alternative History” website at www.alternativnahistorija.com).
The beardy archaeology nerds are up in arms, collectively sneering with disdain for the crackpot Osmanagic. As I said in my last post on the topic, its very easy to be cynical here. Anyone could scoff at the seemingly absurd notions, but you would expect a more professional stance from a major archaeological publication. These are the guys who are supposed to sift the fact from the fiction and perhaps even come up with a theory as to what exactly it is this guy is digging up.
Instead, they pat each other on the back, as Sarejevo’s Enver Imamovic, a former director of the National Museum in Sarjevo says “this is the equivalent of letting me, an archaeologist, perform surgery in hospitals.”
No, Enver Imamovic (if that is your real name), it is not. It is the equivalent of a surgeon with 15 years experience of surgery performing surgery in hospitals. He might be an insane surgeon, but please, lets be truthful.
I will thank this petition for clearing up a few issues, and stating that “Visoèica is a Roman-fortified and somewhat paved hill”. Am I the only one who thinks that a 700 foot Roman-fortified hill with a temple on top would be really cool too? Why not excavate that anyway? Sounds like theres a lot of politics behind this, and I’m sure its not the last we’ll hear on the matter.
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May 7th, 2006 at 0:04 am
I forgot to add: If this guy is a “nutter” who cares? You don’t have to be sane to make new discoveries. In fact it is probably an impediment in many cases!
February 28th, 2007 at 23:53 pm
I’ve read an interesting article on http://www.bosnian-pyramid.net/ about the corners of the pyramid. It would be an easy way to proof quickly the existence, but they dig near the corners but not the corners. Then they’ve dug something on the top of it, but not the top!? I’ve seen some pictures on http://www.pyramids-in-bosnia.info/ that really let me think again about this whole thing. Every day I believe less in this mystery.
January 29th, 2008 at 0:30 am
Has anybody visited the Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun website lately? They have put a lot of new evidence up. Go to:
http://www.piramidasunca.ba/en/ and check it out. They have discovered evidence of a six pyramid. The writings on the stones they found in the pyramid tunnels in Visoko Valley match up or are similar to ancient runic writings in the other areas in the region.
It might interest people to know that Dr. Ali Barakat and Dr. Nabil Swelim (both pyramid experts from Egypt) have gone on record saying that the Bosnian pyramids are real. Granted they are different that the Egyptian pyramids–very like the Mexican step pyramids, but they older and have been damaged by earth changes, such as tectonic movement.
To answer the previous comment, the reason they cannot excavate on the top of the Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun is because it is a protected area–the site of a Medieval fortress.