Pyramids in Bosnia - 2006

Experts find evidence of Bosnia pyramid

A site known as Visocica Hill, in the Bosnia-Herzegovina town of Visoko, northwest of Sarajevo, became the focus of international attention in October 2005, following controversial claims that it is actually an ancient man-made pyramid.

The 213 metre hill, once the centrer of the medieval Bosnian capital Visoki, has a generally symmetrical pyramid-like shape when viewed from certain angles. The idea that it constitutes an ancient artificial edifice was publicised by Houston-based expatriate Bosnian author and metalworker Semir Osmanagic, whose subsequent excavations at the site have uncovered what he claims to be a paved entrance plateau and tunnels, as well as stone blocks and ancient mortar which he has suggested once covered the structure. Osmanagic has claimed that the dig, involves an international team of archaeologists from Australia, Austria, Bosnia, Scotland and Slovenia, however many archaeologists named have stated they had not agreed to participate and were not at the site. The dig began in April 2006.

Interpretation

Osmanagic has named Visocica Hill the "Pyramid of the Sun", while two nearby hills, identified from satellite and aerial photography, have been dubbed the "Pyramid of the Moon" and the "Pyramid of the (Bosnian) Dragon" (and another two, one named the "Pyramid of the Earth", have been mentioned in reports). Newspaper reports have quoted Osmanagic as claiming that they were constructed by ancient Illyrian inhabitants of the Balkans as early as 12,000 BCE.

But in an interview with Philip Coppens in Nexus (April-May 2006), Osmanagic attempted to clarify his previous statements, stating he was misquoted: he does claim that they were most likely constructed by the Illyrians, who lived in the area from 12,000 BCE to 500 BCE, and that the pyramid was therefore most likely constructed between those two dates - not in 12,000 BCE.

In an interview with Vesna Peric Zimonjic, appearing in the Belgian newspaper De Morgen, he refused to date the structures. Nevertheless, on the Bosnian pyramid website, he is quoted as saying, "The following year, 2007, will be marked by the astonishment of the world public how such colossal monuments could have been made before the end of the last Ice age and regarding the age, there is more and more evidence that the main pyramid complex were built right before the end of the last Ice age, indicating that there was world wide plan for building these monuments."

Lost City Connections

Osmanagic who has also published under the name Sam Osmanagich, is the author of a book entitled The World of the Maya that presents a global pseudohistory involving Atlantis and Lemuria, and concludes:

Osmanagic's concept is similar to that popularized by William Perry and Grafton Elliot Smith in their book The Children of the Sun (1923). Smith and Perry suggested that all ancient civilizations could trace their history to ancient Egypt. Their work represented a school of thought known as diffusionism, also represented in the scholarship of Gustaf Kossinna. However, Osmanagic adds to this a belief in the lost continents of Atlantis and Lemuria. Smith and Perry's theories of hyperdiffusionism have been rejected on the basis of subsequent research and models concerning Atlantis and Lemuria are not taken seriously by the majority of professional archaeologists and historians.

Osmanagic believes his discoveries around Visoko will have further implications for world prehistory. By comparing the varying heights of the tallest pyramids in Mexico and Egypt with Visocica Hill, he concluded that the pyramids may all have been built by the same people(s), with the Bosnian Pyramid being the last to be built.

However, upon further thought he has decided that this dating mechanism may not be reliable and has now announced could be "The mother of all Pyramids", a claim he says would be corroborated by the existence of sacred geometry and further numerological study of messages left in the pyramid for future generations.

Osmanagic estimates that the Sun pyramid stands 722 feet (220m) high (or, depending upon the report, either 230 feet (70m) high or 328 feet (100m) high). If it is 722 feet, it would be one third taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza, making it the largest pyramidal structure on Earth.

The Archaeological Park

Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation have published a research plan outlining a program of activity from 2006 to 2010.

In 2006 the plan is to restore the top of the Pyramid of the Sun, though no attempt will be made to restore the medieval capital of Bosnia at the same time. There are also plans to upgrade transport links in the region and produce marketing material.

In 2007 the plan is to continue digging and promote the hill of Pljesevica as the Pyramid of the Moon. Further research activity will consist of opening more areas of the Pyramid to tourists. The main research focus from 2008 onwards will be the provision of more tourist facilities until 2010, when it is planned to install a plaque declaring the site a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Additionally the Foundation has protected the names Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun, Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon, Pyramid of the Bosnian Dagon (sic) and Bosnia's Valley of Pyramids. This is unusual in academic practice. There have been at present no announcements regarding post-excavation analysis or scientific publication.

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