Pyramids in Bosnia?

[Cort Haus]

http://www.bosnianpyramid.com/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4912040.stm

[Ecthy]

Sure, and the nazis escaped to Antarctica on flying saucers.

[Dinner]

Looks interesting but I will wait until real academics extensively research the site. If anything I expect this is a mound and not a pyramid.

[Hueij]

Berzerker in 3...2...1...

[Ecthy]

Some idiots from the Balkans + Serb, another conspiracy theory and mystery believing Russian, in 3...2...1...

[Tattila the Hun]

It tended to be, that in colder-than-egypt climates, people had better things to do than build pyramids... Unless it's actually a granary or something, instead of a burial place for some big fish.

[Ecthy]

But... but we all know the Pyramids really served as huge granaries!!1eno hence they served as granaries in all cities"!2232twoeerht

[Cort Haus]

Have any of you trolls actually looked at this? The theory has been around for a while, but now it is actually being excavated, hence the news splash. Archeologists are excavating the site right now and have found a maze of tunnels.

I'm sure the Bosnian Geodetic Institute appreciated being dismissed as 'not real academics'.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
It tended to be, that in colder-than-egypt climates, people had better things to do than build pyramids... Unless it's actually a granary or something, instead of a burial place for some big fish.

Nah, here in the US the natives were busy all throughout the Mississippi basin building giant mounds. They served a religious purpose but also the elites got to live at the top of the mounds thus highlighting their superiority to the lowly commoners. Look up "Monk's Mound".

The climate in places like Ohio isn't all that different from central Europe or the Balkans. I wouldn't be surprised if other civilizations also had a primative mound building stage but I wouldn't call them pyramids.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
Have any of you trolls actually looked at this? The theory has been around for a while, but now it is actually being excavated, hence the news splash. Archeologists are excavating the site right now and have found a maze of tunnels.

I'm sure the Bosnian Geodetic Institute appreciated being dismissed as 'not real academics'.

Yes, I read the BBC article before it was posted here and no I don't think one local group's opinion is worth much weight. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Maybe that proof will come and maybe it won't; if it does then great but I will withhold judgment until it happens.

[VetLegion]

Weird that BBC has picked up this story, I read about it some time ago and thought little of it. Local conspiracy theory most likely.

[Cort Haus]

Conspiracy?

Misinterpretation of the landscape, perhaps, or a flawed theory, but it's hardly 'who shot JFK' stuff.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Weird that BBC has picked up this story, I read about it some time ago and thought little of it. Local conspiracy theory most likely.

The reason the BBC picked up the story is not wierd at all - it's the same reason that some 30 other news services have picked it up. ie - the hill is being dug up by archeologists to see whether or not the theory is true.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12320566/

[VetLegion]

This is the personal web site of the guy leading the excavations:

http://www.alternativnahistorija.com/

Scroll around and check out the symbols.

Anyway, there might be something to this, but given that the first chapter in this guy's book named "alternative history" is "from masons to mental projections", I'm pretty sceptical about it.

[Dinner]

You should be.