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World's Largest Pyramid Discovered in Bosnia?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thats-where-the-aliens-really-landed dept.

kieran writes "Archaeologists have apparently begun to unearth a massive pyramid which had been masquerading as a hill in the Bosnian town of Visoko. At an estimated 722ft in height, it is expected to be 1/3 taller than Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza."

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  1. Despite all the skepticism... by TheNoxx · · Score: 5, Interesting

    And everyone pointing to the archaeology organization site naming him as a nutjob, guess what folks? It won't be debunked until they've fully excavated the site. Whether or not the man in charge is crazy or not has little bearing on the validity of his claims, particularly when the evidence would be a gigantic fucking pyramid. There isn't anything to debate, it's either there or not.

    Also, I'd say that a majority of the archaelogical society hates new findings that contradict their old theories, and can often go out of their way to ostracize and decredit people that publish or support findings that would invalidate all the time spent writing papers on any particularly well-accepted idea.

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  2. They mention the controversy elsewhere on MSNBC by paladinwannabe2 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    On this page they mention the controversies surrounding the 'pyramid'.

    April 28, 2006 | 11:40 p.m. ET
    Pyramid problems: Is the tale of the Bosnian pyramid too good to be true? Last week, The Associated Press reported evidence that a 2,120-foot-high hill in central Bosnia-Herzegovina might actually be a buried step pyramid. This week, Archaeology magazine questioned the scientific soundness of the operation and its leader, amateur archaeologist Semir Osmanagic. Archaeology quotes experts who say there's little more to the project than "sensationalism and grandstanding," and worry that it may be damaging legitimate artifacts from medieval, Roman and Illyrian times.

    There's certainly a good deal of kookiness surrounding the story. Osmanagic, for example, links his pyramid theories to Atlantis and the Maya, while an online petition aimed at stopping Osmanagic's dig refers darkly to U.S.-orchestrated conspiracy theories. Stay tuned for further twists in the tale, and feel free to send in your comments after you read Archaeology magazine's report.

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  3. Not Slaves by neoshroom · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Actually, a lot of recent evidence suggests that the pyramids where not built by slaves, but rather by paid workers. See below:

    http://www.harvard-magazine.com/on-line/070391.htm l

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