A Bosnian Pyramid?


No.

The Bosnian Pyramid, Visocica Hill, is the first European pyramid to be discovered

No.

Pyramid of Cestius
Pyramid of Cestius by Mac9 at Wikimedia.

Here’s another, the pyramid of Cestius in Rome.

New confirmation about findings in Bosnia’s Valley of Pyramids
Bosnian Geodetic Institute (Geodetski Zavod BiH) is confirmed previous findings of the Foundation Archaeological Park: Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun .
‘If we connect a top of the pyramids (Sun, Moon, Dragon) by drawing a line. We can see that distance is equal. This lines are forming triangle. Sides of the triangle have equal lengths.’
Angles of this triangle are 60 degrees exactly (not any minute difference).

No. Using the map data from the Bosnian Pyramid site I get measurements of Sun –> Moon 2038m, Moon –> Dragon 2229m and Sun –> Dragon 2177m. If the pyramids do form an equilateral triangle then the Bosnian Geodetic Institute seem to have discovered the first equilateral triangle with non-equal sides.

Length of the edges of the Bosnian Pyramid of Sun is 365 metars (???)

No.

Half of the pyramid is under a massive hill. IF there is a pyramid beneath that hill you simply cannot yet measure the sides without making huge assumptions, and the accuracy of 365 metres is utterly spurious. It was remarkably forward thinking of the builders to metres.

Comparisons between the pyramidal complexes in Egypt and Mexico have revealed that the Bosnian pyramid is 220m high; the Great Pyramid measures 145m, while the highest pyramid in the Mexican complex is 75m.
Bosnian explorer Semir Osmanagić, who discovered the pyramidal structure in Bosnia believes that all three pyramids were constructed during the same period, with the Bosnian pyramid the last to be built. Visocica is one third higher than the Great Pyramid in Egypt, which is itself one third higher than that in Mexico. He believes that they could even have all been built by the same peoples.

No.

We cannot date the Egyptian pyramids to the exact year, nor the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, but even if we have error bars of a few centuries then there’s still no overlap. The Mayan pyramids are roughly two millennia older (oops!) younger than the Egyptian pyramids. Add in the lack of Mayan artefacts in Egypt and vice versa and the lack of either in Bosnia and there’s a big problem which hand-waving won’t solve.

As a note the height of the Great Pyramid in Egypt is about 138m, but that’s not the original height because the uppermost stones are missing. The height of the Pyramid of the Sun is about 65m. If the Great Pyramid of Egypt were one-third higher than the Pyramid of the Sun it would be about 87m high. Even with his own measurements there’s no accuracy.

One possible reason for the inaccuracy is that the mapping seems to have been done by M C Escher. Look at the map below from their map pages and see if you can make sense of it.

Bosnian Pyramid?

If he’s consistently talking rubbish about the stuff which can be checked then there’s no reason to assume he’s talking any sense about things which can’t be checked. I’m told there’s a lot of genuine archaeological remains associated with Bosnian history on the hill which could be trashed. A lot of it was already destroyed in the recent war so why would someone want to do this?

Invidual or cooperate donations in a form of cheques or money orders from different countries, can be sent directly to:
Fondacija Arheološki park: Bosanska piramida Sunca

I hope it’s worth it.

For more on the Bosnian Pyramid then I recommend Science and Politics as little escapes Bora Zivkovic’s eye. The quotes are from the official sites www.bosnianpyramid.com and www.piramidasunca.ba

There has recently been a new pyramid discovered near Teotihuacan which is causing its own problems.

Additional: if you’re interested in what is being found and destroyed at the site then you may like to see the entry The Price of a Pyramid.

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  • It's a hoax. The "discoverer" of the site is a rather prolific writer on alternative history. He believes the "pyramid" is 12-14,000 years old. Here's his alternative history website, which includes his book on the Bosnian "pyramid": http://www.alternativnahistorija.com/ Only one of his books is available in English: http://www.alternativnahistorija.com/WMmain.htm
  • All the photographs show the same 2 sides of the "pyramid" from different orientations. Presumably, this is because from the other side the hill doesn't look like a pyramid. The topo map doesn't actually show a pyramid.
  • Yea, I don't believe any pyramids exist any where, it's all a lie. Not in Egypt , not in South America not anywhere. It's all just made up. I never saw a pyramid anywhere. Archiololigists just make it up so they can get money for doing nothing but sitting around making up false pictures and reports.
    The world is flat too. I don't think Europe even exists. http://www.bosnianpyramids.org/
  • I'm sorry you're upset Mr. Bear but above is the evidence as I see it. You may see it differently which is why I included links for other people to check what I've done. For instance I may have measured the sides of the claimed equilateral triangle wrong. That's why I linked to the Google placemarks for anyone to check for themselves. If you have any evidence to back up any of the claims you make I'd be delighted to visit your site to read them.

    It doesn't help that some of the information coming from the dig is getting garbled. In the site you link to the claim is that three of the pyramids are just 365m apart. That's simply not the case according to the official site. Perhaps that's a communication error. There do seem to be a lot of communication errors. Visocica could be the earliest pyramid discovered in Europe, but it cannot be the first to be discovered because Italians have been passing the pyramid of Cestius, a two thousand year old pyramid on a daily basis for approximately twenty centuries.

    It is also a problem that the reports coming from the team are flatly contradicting themselves, or else it's a very flexible pyramid. First it's a Mayan-style pyramid, then it's an Egyptian style pyramid. It's a big switch because these are thousands of miles. Aside from location and date there's a big difference in architecture and use for these pyramids.

    It took me a couple of minutes to look up the heights of the pyramids. It's not difficult to check some of these claims for yourself, so please check out my measurements, the claims for the pyramid heights, the existence of an ancient pyramid in Rome and the differences between pyramids around the world and see if I'm wrong. I could be. Unfortunately if Osmanagić's data is rubbish then it's not really me you should be getting angry at.
  • Bruce Ramsey
    Interesting that so many pyramids are covered in dirt. The Mayans, now this. I guess they were built before The Flood.
  • Phil
    OhmyGoddess,
    I am very worried about the 'let them dig' ethos as there seem to be no proper standards being adhered too - an exanple at random : some scales on the snaps at the least if you want to portray geology as 'tile'. no plans, no sections, no finds no evidence just assertions.
  • Hi,Im running a small blog in bosnian language (600 visits/day) dedicated to proving that Mr.Osmanagic´s so called "research" is just a bunch of rubbish (I also explored his books and found heavy inconsistencies,and no scientific method) . You wouldnt believe how fanatic his followers have become, they virtually make physical threats to "non-believers", which is I guess stemming from the fact that many of these people lead pathetic and unproductive lives, hoping this "discovery" would somehow alter they pathetic existence. I have pointed people on my blog to this link for the exact data and thank You for the exact data you have posted. Is there further data that can be found to make further questions on Osmanagic´s "research" (google is full of his crappy propaganda)?
  • America
    I love how everyone can mock these discoveries. I also don't believe this is a pyramid but it is something. There are definently man made structures under the hill. Blocks which have been brought in and placed there by people of the past. Instead of sitting on a forum and crtizing, you should look at some of the excavation data and the Billy Rae comment is proponderous. No one has been attacked physically in Bosnia for their beliefs that it doesnt exist. 20 archaelogists came out and said bluntly they dont believe it. More international archaelogists need to be on the scene instead of talking about it from their homes. If you want to talk about the pyramids make an effort to go and see some things for yourself.

    http://www.piramidasunca.ba/indexbh.htm

    Click on the 24.04.2006 link for some pictures
  • Travnik’s Night Walker
    Yes... We have pyramides... I believe... I saw...
  • Sorry... this is my blogg... http://travnik.blogger.ba
  • Walker, check some of the comments on my blog, then say that no one of Osmanagic followers makes threats of physical violence !
  • America, the problem is that I did look at the 'data' he's producing. The claims he makes aren't backed up by his own evidence.

    There certainly are man-made structures buried on the hill. There is, if memory serves, medieval settlement, a Roman fort, an Iron Age settlement and Neolithic flint scatter. There's also a medieval necropolis and someone who is excavating the site down to the bedrock with a bulldozer.

    I've added the link to The Price of a Pyramid at the bottom of the post because people seem to be missing that. It's not that he thinks there's a pyramid that bothers me particularly - it's that he's willing to eradicate 6,000 years of heritage to do it.

    The Serb artillery tried to destroy the remains on the hill. It seems a bit odd that the locals are now willing to do the job for them.
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