Topic: Pyramids found in Europe?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060517/sc … N5bmNhdA--
Yahoo News:
Bosnian 'pyramids' bear Giza hallmarks, says Egyptian expertSARAJEVO (AFP) - An Egyptian geologist who has joined Bosnian researchers unearthing what are thought to be Europe's first pyramids believes they bear similar hallmarks to the ancient structures in his homeland, an official said.
Aly Abd Alla Barakat, of the Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority, believes large stone blocks found near Sarajevo were man-made and polished in the same way as the pyramids of Giza, said the Bosnian Pyramid Foundation's Mario Gerussi.
"Barakat has also found the presence of a special material linking the stone blocks which is identical to that used for pyramids in Giza," he added.
Barakat had extensive knowledge of the pyramids in Giza and had been recommended for the Bosnian mission by Zahi Hawass, one of the world's foremost Egyptologists, said Gerussi.
Over the next month, he is to work with Bosnian experts at Visoko valley, some 30 kilometres (18 miles) north of Sarajevo, which is believed to be hiding three major pyramids.
Since the digging work began in mid-April on one of the three hills there believed contain pyramids, researchers have unearthed a number of large stone blocks.
Semir Osmanagic, a self-styled Bosnian explorer who initiated the work, says he believes the blocks are part of a pyramid's surface.
Previously, satellite images showed that the hills in the valley cooled a lot faster than their surroundings, proving the substance of the structures was less dense and therefore probably made by men.
Also, the structures are precisely aligned with the four points of the compass.
The excavation work at Visoko, led by the foundation of local archaeologists and volunteers, will last 200 days and is expected to cost some 125,000 euros (160,000 dollars).
While most Bosnians are hopeful the pyramids will be found, a group of the country's archaeologists and historians have dismissed Osmanagic's mission as a "farce."
Initially, I dismissed this story, but after combing through the website put together by the archeological team to keep the public updated (http://www.bosnianpyramid.com), I'm starting to wonder about this...
The archeological team has found some intriguing (!) evidence, and I like how they're presenting their reports and data to the public.
Sounds like "legit" archeologists are incensed this story is getting so much attention. They say this discovery is impossible because humans didn't have the knowledge and/or skill to build a pyramid like this 20,000 years ago 
They've already begun character-assassination (Semir Osmanagic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semir_Osmanagi%C4%87] the amateur archeologist who made the discovery, wrote a book about the Maya's connection to ancient civilizations who built pyramids on vortexes to balance the Earth's frequency and access other dimensions.) Oh, boy.
If you visit the pyramid website, there's a discrete link to a store selling T-shirts, buttons, mugs etc. This makes me suspicious... but at the same time, the dig is privately funded, so WHATEVER. I would love to see some amateur astro-archeologist knock the socks off the scientific community!
