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Post by la3ar on Feb 6, 2011 14:30:05 GMT -5
He's been called a Balkan Indiana Jones. Others label him a dreamer, or worse, a pyramid buff with loony ideas.
Despite his critics (and he has many) Semir "Sam" Osmanagic believes he's discovered the find of a lifetime—a series of ancient pyramids in the heart of Bosnia.
If the Bosnian-American businessman is correct, the structures would be the first known step pyramids in Europe.
"I am 100 percent sure. There is no other option," the Houston, Texas-based Osmanagic said.
At the heart of Osmanagic's belief is Visocica hill, an undeniably pyramid-shaped mound near the town of Visoko, 18 miles (30 kilometers) northwest of Sarajevo (see a Bosnia and Herzegovina map).
Visoko, the former medieval capital of Bosnia, cradles a rich history, including Roman and Illyrian ruins and countless Neolithic artifacts.
"Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun"
Last month Osmanagic and his team began sinking a series of wells into the 700-foot-tall (213-meter-tall) hill, which Osmanagic renamed the Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun.
The kick-off was observed by a clutch of onlookers, journalists, and—in what may be a first for such endeavors—contestants from the Miss Bosnia beauty pageant.
So far a mixed crew of volunteers and hired help has unearthed a network of tunnels along with what Osmanagic describes as ancient mortar and sandstone blocks shaped by human hands.
Sean Markey for National Geographic News
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Post by Username on Feb 6, 2011 18:19:41 GMT -5
S-C-A-M
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Post by la3ar on Feb 6, 2011 18:21:59 GMT -5
ok, fair assumption, but how do you fabricate ruins that are within the mountain?
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It was known that Tito travelled to Visoka a lot, and it wouldnt have been made public untill AFTER the fact. it was always a mystery why he would contiunue to go a small town like that.
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Post by paja on Apr 6, 2011 22:53:18 GMT -5
He had A LOT of mistresses.
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Post by ulf on Apr 7, 2011 12:10:31 GMT -5
I suppose most of you heard this joke, but I'm gonna repeat it for any case: Q: Who is the greatest Bosnian pharaoh? A: Ramiz II
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Post by uz on Apr 7, 2011 12:11:35 GMT -5
The pyramids in Bosnia are very real.
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Post by ulf on Apr 7, 2011 13:26:30 GMT -5
The pyramids in Bosnia are very real. They are as real as a flying pigs
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Post by paja on Apr 7, 2011 14:08:40 GMT -5
There are pyramids in Bosnia and in them huge reservoirs of oil.
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Post by radovic on Apr 10, 2011 17:02:11 GMT -5
Osmanagic has ben making these claim since 2005. Nothin has been found. He has also looking to expand his literla pyramid elsewhere, but balked when it riskd angering Bosnian's and causing problems for his Bosnin cash cow.
The simple fact is that the peopl he has prouced to justiy his claims have as much Afrocentrist historian who claim the kings of England used to be black or Erich von Daniken.
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Post by radovic on Apr 10, 2011 17:05:30 GMT -5
ok, fair assumption, but how do you fabricate ruins that are within the mountain? --- It was known that Tito travelled to Visoka a lot, and it wouldnt have been made public untill AFTER the fact. it was always a mystery why he would contiunue to go a small town like that. LOL. Because Tito would visit small towns that had large industral enterprise in them erery year and amking speeches how communism is progressing, communism will be accomplished by 2000, the revolution must continue and so on. If I'm not mistaken Visoko had a large export oriented industry.
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Post by odel on Apr 11, 2011 12:45:52 GMT -5
Wasn't the pyramid theory based on this guy realizing that some of the hills had a pyramid like shape? That he actually profits out of this is unbelievable.
I heard the first president of the USA was a black man, it wasn't George Washington that was the black president however, there was a president before him ;D
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Post by uz on Jul 10, 2011 17:57:48 GMT -5
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Post by uz on Jul 11, 2011 18:53:04 GMT -5
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Post by uz on Jul 14, 2011 18:44:19 GMT -5
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Post by uz on Aug 23, 2011 19:59:23 GMT -5
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Post by bristopen on Aug 24, 2011 1:31:29 GMT -5
There was Paganism in the Balkans in ancient times so it wont be of surprise if somebody discovers a bunch of temples and such. Pyramids aren't dooms, they're temples of worship. And it revolves always around one thing: The Sun, with a capital S.
I wasn't surprised that this clown called his 'discovery': The Pyramid of the Sun. I wasn't surprised that this crap was reported by the National Geographic pseudo-science machine.
We'll see how they're gonna manage to prove this for real..
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Post by Croatian Vanguard on Aug 24, 2011 9:02:12 GMT -5
^^ I agree with Bristo.
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Post by uz on Aug 24, 2011 14:53:32 GMT -5
lol what do you agree with Priso, mind elaborating here^? Brist doesn't seem to outright call this a scam, or maybe he is. Either way, I guess we;ll see.
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Post by bristopen on Aug 25, 2011 4:07:35 GMT -5
Might be a scam, might not be. The problem is why it's been talked about?
NG is here to promote stuff, to mold opinions, to spread ideas.
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Post by uz on Sept 26, 2011 19:07:09 GMT -5
Might be a scam, might not be. The problem is why it's been talked about? NG is here to promote stuff, to mold opinions, to spread ideas. The question is not why it's being talked about, but why has no one come out yet to outright call it a scam? Wikipedia says;
Scientific investigations of the site show that the so-called pyramids are natural formations and that there are no signs of human building involvedYet there is obvious claims of "human building-involvement". (scroll-up page). Now, if these "artifacts" are indeed scams, then how come no one has yet come forward to say so?
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