Tuesday, May 16, 2006

NY Times weighs in on the Bosnian pyramid Some See a 'Pyramid' to Hone Bosnia's Image. Others See a Big Hill.
"It's not just any pyramid," he said from beneath his flat-crowned Navajo hat, which has led the local press to liken him to Indiana Jones. "It's the biggest pyramid in the world."

Archaeologists and historians inside and outside Bosnia are appalled, insisting it is simply a peculiarly symmetrical bit of geology. But pyramid fever is spreading through the country. Largely uncritical television and newspaper reports have made the photogenic Mr. Osmanagic a national celebrity, and volunteers are flocking to Visoko hoping to help uncover the Pyramid of the Sun, a prehistoric edifice that will redeem the country by giving it a glorious and important past. "After all the blood and mass graves, this gives people something positive to talk about," said Zlatko Bekbic, who came from the northeastern town of Tuzla to see the supposed pyramid.


Looking more and more like this is just a big hill. There's really not much in the way of contrary analysis in the article though. The picture of the supposed man-made blocks don't look particularly hewn. But if he's really claiming that the thing was made 12k years ago, it's probably safe to rule him out as a serious scholar.