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  • From Sensation to Condemnation: The story behind the so-called "Nazca Mummies"



    Article published on 9 January 2024
    by Luca
    Table of contents The mummies The controversy The workhorses The promoters The origin Paradoxes Convergence On September 12, at a Public Hearing in the Mexican Congress on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, ufologist Jaime Maussan unboxed what he claims were the desiccated bodies of two "non-human beings". On November 8, he repeated the visit in a (…)

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  • Desperately Seeking Shambhalla



    Article published on 26 August 2022
    by Abacus
    Table of contents An Elusive British Explorer in search of a Mysterious Realm Shambhalla Agartha Indomitable Explorers The Many Faces of Zakharov A Baron with a Cloak of Many Colours The Mysterious StrongholdAn Elusive British Explorer in search of a Mysterious Realm Fans of intrepid adventurer Dominique Jongbloed will have eagerly followed (…)

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  • Trouble in the Balkans



    Article published on 16 June 2022
    by Abacus
    Table of contents An undiscovered Pyramid in Romania Now you see them … now you don’t Space Aliens meet the Illuminati Felling Trees, Dating Leaves Wood from the Walls Brother Sun, Sister Moon The Answer lies in the Soil Other Lands, Other Gods Dacia and Hyperborea Lost Lands of Dacia Special Russian Truth Geological Truth Mythological and (…)

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  • Putting the Hype into Hyperborea



    Article published on 19 May 2022
    by Abacus
    Table of contents Introduction Kola Peninsula Pyramids in Crimea and Ukraine Proof of the Pudding Kola ... or not Kola? Crimea Pyramid no more … [86] The thirty-seven sleepers Merheleva Ridge Other mysterious ancient remains Hyperborea The elephant in the roomIntroduction On 30th April 2022, followers of FaceBook group Fraudulent Archaeology (…)

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  • K2019, endgame



    Article published on 17 July 2020
    by Gollum Illuminati
    "The story of humanity written in the books is wrong" : which books are we talking about? Since Fehmi Krasniqi, director of the film K2019 Great Pyramid, does not seem to have time to devote to reading archaeological studies (odd for someone who claims to revolutionize History), here are some photos which are sufficient in themselves (…)


  • An interesting project needs your help!



    Article published on 29 April 2020
    by Irna
    The "antropogenez.ru" Russian team (composed of scientists, artists and craftmen) has been experimenting for years in ancient stone technologies. They have already made multiple experiences of drilling and sawing with granite, using only wood, stone and bone; and the sculptor Olga Vdovina has made two vases with breccia marble, including one (…)


  • The Strange Journey of Humphries Brewer



    Article published on 26 February 2019
    by Irna
    Those of us at all aware of crank theories of the pyramids know that there is a stumbling block for those devotees who believe that the Great Pyramid was built by a mysterious ancient civilisation, earthly or extraterrestrial: this stumbling block is the cartouche of Khufu/Cheops painted in one of the relieving chambers, at a location that was (…)


  • A Congressman and the Mummies of Nasca: When pseudoscience is worse than a horror movie



    Article published on 19 February 2019
    by Luca
    Table of contents The Russian team The Mexican team And from Columbia The crux of the matter Where did the mummies appear? The help of the Congressman Armando Villanueva Humanoid mummy called "María" Photo: Courtesy of Fabrice Demeter The congressman Armando Villanueva seems not to desist on his extravagant project of Law (…)


  • The radioactive skeletons of Mohenjo Daro.



    Article published on 12 May 2018
    by Nali
    Table of contents A. Gorbovsky Alexander V. Lebedinsky W.V. Mayneord Mohenjo Daro and Harappa were the two main cities of the Indus Valley civilization in India, or more exactly in present-day Pakistan. Take a tour with this video. This civilization preceded those of Egypt and Mesopotamia before disappearing around 1500 BC. The (…)

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  • "Holographic" pyramids



    Article published on 14 January 2017
    by Irna
    Pic de Teide, Canaries Photo Juan Carlos Casado - Source Tajumulco, Guatemala Photo IamBenjam - Source Baula, Islande Source Mont Blanc, France Source K2, Chine/Pakistan Source Sri Pada, Sri Lanka Photo Sirensongs - Source


  • Honey in the pyramids



    Article published on 18 February 2015
    by Nali
    Maybe because of the present infatuation for “natural medicine”, honey is often presented as a kind of panacea, able to cure even cancer [108]. To these health benefits, honey is said to add another virtue: the ability to stay preserved indefinitely. At least that idea is very present on the internet, including on some very serious websites (…)

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  • OOPArt? The Dorchester Pot



    Article published on 14 December 2014
    by Nali
    Table of contents Dorchester Geology Historical facts Bidriware First, sorry if my English is not perfect, this is a translation of my original French article. The "Dorchester pot" is a so-called "OOPArt", which means "Out Of Place Artefact". It’s a manmade object found in a place it’s not supposed to be, mainly because of anachronism. The (…)

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  • Pyramidiotic bloopers



    Article published on 5 November 2014
    by Irna
    From Mensur Omerbashich, King of Bosnia and other realms: "Gravity is found herein to be the repulsive mechanical vibration of the aether, meaning that aether-detection experiments have yet to become sensitive enough." "To test my claim I propose a Space mission to collect on-site measurements of eigenperiods of the Sun, its planets, and (…)


  • The Secret of the Pyramid



    Article published on 19 October 2014
    by Irna
    An interesting anecdote about the hotel Piramida Sunca in Visoko and its landlord, Dario Pekic: both of whom owe a great deal to Semir Osmanagic and his Foundation - of which Mr. Pekic is, besides, a member. The hotel is not only named after Osmanagic’s project (Pyramid of the Sun Hotel), but also derives substantial benefits from it: (…)

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  • Buried Land



    Article published on 17 September 2014
    by Irna
    Plus qu’un film sur les «pyramides» (on n’y apprendra pas si Visocica est oui ou non une simple colline...), Buried Land est un film sur Visoko, ses habitants, ainsi qu’une jolie réflexion sur l’exil. À voir et à écouter : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiLNWIZRmow Site du film Buried Land


  • Artefacts found: proof of pyramid builders



    Article published on 21 August 2014
    Aug 2014 Report by I. Masinik This season, Osmanagic’s team have discovered a number of exciting artefacts in and around the Visoko area. This amazingly preserved artefact was discovered near a road leading to the Pyramid of the sun. Analysis from a Tusla lab indicates that the artefact is entirely man made. A spokesman from (…)


  • Lexique



    Article published on 17 August 2014
    by Comte Poulpitron
    A newcomer planning to embark on an analysis and evaluation of present day pyramidiot theories is immediately faced with one major obstacle: namely, a bizarre terminology with words whose meanings don’t seem to quite fit actual dictionary definitions; some of whose more recent manifestations have apparently been borrowed from the pop/geek (…)


  • A letter from Bosnia: in search of pyramids



    Article published on 15 August 2014
    by Paul Gee
    August 2014 by Paul Gee Tenement buildings were pock marked with bullet holes and crudely repaired craters from mortar blasts, testimony to the savage war that raged here not two decades ago. Yes, there had been repairs and new buildings had gone up –all windows and glass– but Sarajevo was still recovering from the wounds of its recent past (…)

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  • A response to Professor Debertolis



    Article published on 6 July 2014
    by Irna
    A reader has drawn my attention to this document, written by Professor Paolo Debertolis on 11th June 2014, whose purpose is that of a “formal response to attacks” on his research group (the SB Research Group). This document, which contains some untruths, requires a few clarifications on my part. In this case we are speaking about Irna’s web (…)

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  • Tragic consequences of an April Fool - bis repetita placent



    Article published on 1 February 2014
    by Irna
    After his first expedition to the Bosnian “pyramids” in the summer of 2013, Mr. Dominique Jongbloed, a French self-proclaimed "Explorer" or "Adventurer", is now planning a second expedition to take place in April 2014. Meanwhile, the association he chairs, NordSud Institute [North-South Institute], offers help with transport arrangements and (…)


  • Irna interviewed about the "Bosnian pyramids" (December 2013)



    Article published on 30 January 2014
    by Irna
    Q: Hello, and thank you for agreeing to reply to our questions. Allow me to introduce you to our readers: for some years now (since 2005, or 2006?), you have been one of many sources of information about the site in Visoko known as the “Valley of the Bosnian Pyramids”. The sole Bosnian source of data concerning this "archaeological site" (…)


  • The Biggest Hoax In History



    Article published on 17 December 2013
    by Irna
    "The Biggest Hoax In History", c’est le titre d’un documentaire sur les "pyramides" de Bosnie réalisé en 2010 et sorti en DVD en 2011 par une équipe néerlandaise. Ce documentaire est maintenant visible gratuitement en ligne ici, et même sous-titré en français ici. L’histoire de ce documentaire est intéressante : les auteurs du film, dont (…)


  • Non-existent conferences



    Article published on 1 November 2013
    by Irna
    Relations with Semir Osmanagic having recently reached somewhat of a nadir, Professor Debertolis is now finding himself rather marginalized over the Bosnian "pyramids" affair. So, accompanied by the SBRG, Debertolis is now forging ahead with his "archaeo-acoustics" research, his purpose apparently being to prove that various "sacred" sites (…)

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  • Tilted Equator?



    Article published on 29 August 2013
    by Irna
    As readers who have seen the film documentary, The Revelation of the Pyramids, will be aware, one of the principal ideas presented by the authors, Patrice Pooyard and Jacques Grimault, is that of the existence of a "tilted equator" that, inclined at 30° to the equator, links up some of the most important "sacred sites" on the planet. (…)


  • Mishandling archaeoacoustics



    Article published on 27 August 2013
    by Irna
    For several years now, during which not even the smallest piece of conclusive archaeological evidence has come to light, Mr. Osmanagic’s Bosnian Pyramid Foundation has been trying to demonstrate the existence of gigantic pyramids at Visoko by using arguments from disciplines other than archeology. With this purpose in mind, the Foundation has (…)


  • Mishandling archaeoacoustics



    Article published on 27 August 2013
    by Irna


  • "Revelation of the Pyramids": Jacques Grimault’s sources - III



    Article published on 3 August 2013
    by Irna
    Link to part 2 Table of contents Guardians of the Sky Chinese annals Greek philosophers General Conclusion Guardians of the Sky It is now time (1h 34 min 12s) to leave the Earth behind for a while, and turn our eyes up to the heavens, and the Zodiac. The narrator announces (without citing any source) that: Four signs of the Zodiac are (…)


  • "Revelation of the Pyramids": Jacques Grimault’s sources - II



    Article published on 12 July 2013
    by Irna
    Link to Part 1 Table of contents Pyramidion Ancient sources Dimensions of the Great Pyramid The Great Pyramid and the Earth Greek geographers Pyramidion We come now to the second part of the film, which contains much more extensive information about Jacques Grimault’s bibliographic references. First, at 58 min 43s, we are shown a glimpse (…)

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  • "Revelation of the Pyramids": Jacques Grimault’s sources - I



    Article published on 10 July 2013
    by Irna
    Table of contents Egyptological theories Easter Island and the Andes Jacques Grimault, the author behind the film Revelation of the Pyramids, is often described as a scholar who spent no fewer than forty years researching the pyramids of ancient Egypt. In the film itself, everything serves only to strengthen this impression: the author, (…)

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  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Cultural Heritage on the Brink



    Article published on 25 June 2013
    by Irna
    This paper by the British archaeologist Andrew Lawler was presented at the conference "Digging in the crisis" which took place in Rome on March 14 of this year. Cultural Heritage on the Brink by Andrew Lawler Cultural Heritage without Borders Source of the paper: (…)


  • The Ravne Tunnel - Part I



    Article published on 17 May 2013
    by Simplicio (EclisseForum)
    Table of contents Concrete and Megaliths While we await the publication of Paolo Debertolis’ book about his experiences at the Bosnian pyramids, we shall continue our investigation from the point where we left off, turning our attention now to the Ravne Tunnels, a mysterious system of caves and tunnels dug into a hill near Visoko. These (…)


  • Pyramids in the Bermuda Triangle



    Article published on 8 May 2013
    by Irna
    Table of contents Bermuda Atlantis in Cuba Bermuda Tales of "hidden" pyramids never fail to exert a powerful fascination over aficionados of ancient mysteries. One – or, depending on which version we’re looking at, two – examples frequently met with concern pyramids supposedly found on the ocean floor off Florida, specifically in the (…)

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  • "Revelation of the pyramids": At the center of the landmass



    Article published on 4 April 2013
    by Irna
    Film "The Revelation of the Pyramids", Jacques Grimault and Patrice Pooyard: 53 mn 27 s Giza is the very centre of the world The idea of ​​Giza as the "centre of the world", or "centre of the landmass", is hardly confined to this film. It is also to be found on Jacques Grimault’s blog, and frequently crops up in articles by other (…)

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  • "Revelation of the Pyramids": Sitchin, or not Sitchin ?



    Article published on 24 March 2013
    by Irna
    Even if never explicitly stated (although it did become clearer in subsequent interviews with the authors and Facebook discussions), the theory underlying the Grimault and Pooyard documentary (“Revelation of the Pyramids”) is that the Great Pyramid of Cheops: 1° does not date from the IVth dynasty, but from a time long before, and was (…)

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  • An initiative to raise awareness about the crisis of Bosnian cultural institutions



    Article published on 26 February 2013
    by Irna
    Just over four months ago, in October 2012, the Sarajevo Zemaljski Museum, along with half a dozen other Bosnian cultural institutions (the Museum of Modern Art, the National Library, the Cinematheque ...) closed its doors. The closure came after years of hardship (cuts in heating, collapse of part of the roof, a general lack of resources for (…)


  • The Mike Tate affair



    Article published on 9 January 2013
    by Simplicio (EclisseForum)
    Table of contents A brief foreword Let’s wind the clock back to June: to be absolutely precise, 19th June, 2012. 3 Days after Publication - 22 June 2012 Two days after the publication - June 22, 2012 ergo, someone has decoded my files? Fat chance! Back to the future, to 23rd June, 2012, the day after we took the screenshot shown above. 27th (…)


  • Quaterbolis and the Pit and the Pendulum



    Article published on 19 December 2012
    by Abacus
    Table of contents A Tale of the 2012 Apocalypse Post-scriptum, 24 December 2012A Tale of the 2012 Apocalypse Eyeing the pendulum slowly swinging above him, Professor Quaterbolis shuddered. Side to side, swish – swish – swish … a steel blade, sharper than the finest Japanese sword, rhythmically catching the light of the dully glowing lantern (…)


  • There and Back Again



    Article published on 26 November 2012
    by Abacus
    Table of contents Ancient X Files: English scientists in Visoko Mistakes made by so-called “experts” Qualified experts? Geological Opinion North, south, east and west The Truth is Way Out There Anyone who has continued to follow the unfolding chronicle of the Bosnian ‘pyramids’ since their ‘discovery’ in 2006 will have noted that - (…)

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  • The Whispering Pyramids



    Article published on 26 November 2012
    by Simplicio (EclisseForum)
    Paolo Debertolis au travail sur le tumulus de Vratnica - Paolo Debertolis at work on the Tumulus of Vratnica. - Source Of the many mind-blowing events unfolding around these hills, this one just about tops the lot. From what we are told, several teams of “multidisciplinary research experts" have been making recordings of ultrasonic / (…)


  • Authority and the production of knowledge in archaeology



    Article published on 18 October 2012
    by Irna
    This thesis examines the role of authority in the production of archaeological knowledge. It examines how fluid ideas and observations formed in the field become authoritative, factual, solid archaeological products, like scientific texts, reconstructions or museum displays. It asks, what makes a person, a thing or an account of history (…)


  • The Pyramids



    Article published on 18 October 2012
    by Simplicio (EclisseForum)
    The lynch-pin around which our story revolves is formed by the alleged pyramids in the valley of Visoko. These consist of various hills surroundingt the Bosnian town of Visoko, that, because of their idiosyncratic form, are reminiscent of pyramids. The most well known is the so-called Pyramid of the Sun, followed by the smaller Pyramid of (…)


  • The Protagonists: Paolo Debertolis



    Article published on 11 October 2012
    by Simplicio (EclisseForum)
    The most well known member of the SBRG and the particular subject of this article is Dr. Paolo Debertolis, assistant professor at the University of Trieste. His resumé reads: – Born in 1957 – Graduated in Medicine and Surgery (Medicina e Chirurgia) – Specialist in Dentistry (Odontostomatologia) – Post-graduate diploma in Odontology and (…)


  • The Protagonists: SBRG



    Article published on 26 September 2012
    by Simplicio (EclisseForum)
    Table of contents UPDATE 23/12/2012 What is the SB Research Group, or SBRG? According to Dr. Debertolis, one of its leading lights, the SBRG is a multidisciplinary international Italo-Croatian-Finnish research group, whose purpose is that of studying from a non-orthodox point of view the archaeological sites with which they are involved. The (…)


  • The Protagonists: Dr. Osmanagic



    Article published on 21 September 2012
    by Simplicio (EclisseForum)
    Table of contents The Bosnian Indiana JonesThe Bosnian Indiana Jones Semir Osmanagic - Source : fast-geheim.yooco.de Semir Osmanagic is the deus ex machina responsible for setting the whole series of events in motion. Osmanagic was born in Bosnia in 1960, but lived for many years in the U.S., where he owns a company that (…)


  • The protagonists: The Foundation



    Article published on 12 September 2012
    by Simplicio (EclisseForum)
    Table of contents The protagonists The Bosnian Pyramid FoundationThe protagonists Before we can begin looking in more detail at the pyramids and tunnels, we need a description of the individuals and institutions mentioned in the course of the narrative, so that their roles and their organizational relationships are made clear. We are (…)


  • An Open Letter to the Director of the SB Research Group.



    Article published on 3 September 2012
    by Simplicio (EclisseForum)
    Dear SB Research Group Director, We have learned that, in direct contravention of a principle of the constitution, you have seen fit to publish, without any consent or authorization on our part, private email correspondence between you and a member of our team. Without dwelling on the legal consequences that such an action would normally (…)


  • Bosnian Pyramids: Introduction



    Article published on 30 August 2012
    by Simplicio (EclisseForum)
    Source This is an introduction to a series of articles that, starting today, we are publishing on the story of the Bosnian Pyramids. For years now, we have been hearing about so-called pyramids allegedly discovered in Bosnia. There has been a proliferation of different news items, often fragmented and confused, so, in August 2012, (…)


  • Light at the end of the tunnel?



    Article published on 18 August 2011
    by Irna
    Table of contents An underground labyrinth Sandstone and conglomerate Artefacts A pseudoscience jamboree Debatable datations Thaumaturgical Chernobyl A not-so-hermetic sealing Pipe dream Military Waste rocks, stone-walling and back-filling Primary deposits, secondary deposits Gold-panners and paleo-placers Conglomerates and paleo-Fojnicka (…)

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  • Chasing the Dragon (Project)



    Article published on 22 July 2011
    by Abacus
    Table of contents The SBRG at Visoko An ancient science? Signals from beyond the stars? Geology and ultrasound The way ahead Over the past year, the extent to which Italian academics and researchers have been establishing a presence at Visoko has become more and more noticeable. This trend began last autumn with the advent of Ms. Sara (…)

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  • Chasing the Dragon (Project)



    Article published on 22 July 2011
    by Irna


  • Carbon 14 dating - the next episode



    Article published on 11 June 2011
    by Irna
    A triumphal announcement (bs), has recently appeared on the Osmanagic Foundation website, since repeated and copied multiple times on sites belonging to supporters, on alternative forums and in the local press (bs): the Pyramid of the Moon was supposedly constructed over 10,000 years ago. Dnevni List, 31/05/2011 Source The (…)

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  • Addressing Invented Heritage: the Case of the Bosnian Pyramids



    Article published on 2 June 2011
    by Irna
    Table of contents Abstract TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Abstract This dissertation explores a specific case study of pseudoarchaeology—the Bosnian pyramids—in order to address and challenge certain mainstream archaeological assumptions about ‘alternative’ claims to the past. It is organized by two joint arguments. The first argument (…)


  • Vanishing web articles



    Article published on 18 May 2011
    by Irna
    Apparently, my article on stecci and "hijacking" by Mr. Osmanagic and his friends did not necessarily find favour in the eyes of quite everyone. At least, not in the eyes of one of the ‘researchers’ from the ‘SB Research Group’, Professor Paolo Debertolis, an odontologist by profession (and be careful not to refer to him as a "dentist", a (…)

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  • Hijacking an archaeological heritage



    Article published on 16 May 2011
    by Irna
    Table of contents Stecci Stecci and the world of “alternative archaeology” Of the many distressing aspects of the Bosnian ‘pyramids’ affair, surely, one of the most painful in the eyes of those who cherish and study Bosnian historical and archaeological heritage, must be the way in which the Osmanagic foundation (and its subsidiaries) (…)


  • Hijacking an archaeological heritage



    Article published on 16 May 2011
    by Irna


  • Pseudo-festival, pseudo-awards …



    Article published on 8 May 2011
    by Irna
    The website of Professor Debertolis (it) of the ‘SB Research Group’ (see here for information about this group) informs us that a film on the subject of the Visoko ‘pyramids’ was recently screened (bs) in Sarajevo to an audience that included the director and Mr. Osmanagic [219]. Not having seen this film, I cannot judge its content. However, I (…)


  • His Royal Highness Prince Mensur or: the pyramids, the comet and the Queen of England



    Article published on 1 May 2011
    by Irna
    Table of contents The Slavic hordes Comet and earthquakes A regiment of ants on a bridge King Arthur’s heir An “Anglo-Zionist conspiracy” Regular readers of this site may recall an individual who played a relatively minor role in the ‘pyramids’ affair, Dr. Mensur Omerbashich, with whom I exchanged a few emails in 2007. Dr. Omerbashich, a geo

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  • Discussions of the pyramids "affair"



    Article published on 28 April 2011
    by Irna
    The Bosnian pyramids affair has given birth to some more or less academic discussions and thoughts, not about the “pyramids” themselves, but rather about the context and the impact of this affair on the Bosnian society. I’ve collected here some texts about these discussions. Fictitious pasts: a danger for European archaeology? During the (…)


  • Documents - Geology



    Article published on 25 April 2011
    by Irna
    Smailbegovic Amer, Ground follow-up to remote sensing survey of potential sites of archaeological interest in Visoko Valley, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10.07.2006 Rapport - Report PDF, 3.1 Mo, English The satellite analysis, of which this report, never published by Mr. Osmanagic since 2006, is a follow-up, is here. Cicic (…)


  • Dr. Semir Osmanagic, Fake Article Scandal



    Article published on 24 April 2011
    by Irna
    The title above is a slightly adapted version of the title of an article published on the Osmanagic Foundation website, “Dr. Zahi Hawass, Fake Chamber Scandal”. Capture d’écran du 22 avril 2011 Screen capture of April 22, 2011 - Source The article (copied and pasted from the original, located here), was intended to (…)


  • Documents - Presse



    Article published on 22 April 2011
    by Irna
    Comment une montagne de Bosnie est devenue la « pyramide du Soleil » Philippe Deprez, Le Monde, 11 mai 2006 Prendre un scénario pour une théorie - Distorsion sur les pyramides bosniennes Richard Monvoisin, Marie Hoffmann, La publication de l’Observatoire Zététique, juin 2006 Le mystère de la pyramide bosniaque (…)


  • Semir Osmanagic’s thesis



    Article published on 20 April 2011
    by Irna
    Below is a translation in English of Semir Osmanagic’s thesis. The original version of 2009, in Bosnian, can be downloaded from his website (.doc file). Beware: it is a computer translation by Google translate, and as such its quality is far from perfect! S. Osmanagic’s thesis - Translation


  • Russian nesting academies



    Article published on 16 April 2011
    by Irna
    Table of contents A university with ‘highly qualified’ teachers A pseudo-Academy? Mr. Osmanagic says that he is opposed to ‘mainstream’ science, that he supports ‘popular’ science (or populist science? See here : “I am not interested in the approval of elite scientists. This project is for the people”), and can use a whole interview to (…)

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  • Abacus goes around in ever-decreasing spirals



    Article published on 11 April 2011
    by Abacus
    During the last couple of weeks or so, readers of the SBRG website will have noticed some changes and updates. One interesting point is that, in several instances, there seems to be a difference between what some English versions of the site are saying – for example, SB Research Group (Eng), and what appears on the Italian pages – for (…)

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  • Sarajevo Conference, 2008 - Abstracts



    Article published on 10 April 2011
    by Irna
    Abstracts of presentations at the "International Conference" in Sarajevo in 2008 Flyer - front page Flyer - back page Scientific Workshop What are the pyramidal objects in the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids and how these fascinating structures were built?


  • Links to texts and analyses on the Bosnian "pyramids" affair



    Article published on 24 March 2011
    by Irna
    Table of contents Archaeologists Geologists Newspapers Archaeologists European Association of Archaeologists Declaration - 11 December 2006 That Bosnian pyramid! by Anthony Harding - The European Archaeologist, Issue no. 25: Summer 2006, pages 2-5 British Archaeology The great Bosnian pyramid scheme by Anthony Harding - British (…)


  • Abacus tries again



    Article published on 20 March 2011
    by Abacus
    Like many others interested in the question of the Bosnian Pyramids, I have been intrigued by the activities of the SB Research Group. And, as readers of Le Site d’Irna will know, I recently tried to find out some more about their links with some highly respected Italian universities – although, unfortunately, without much success, as (…)


  • Osmanagic slammed by Johan Normark



    Article published on 17 March 2011
    by Irna
    The latest post on Johan Normark’s blog, Archaeological Haecceities: "Osmanagic slams Hawass" "Osmanagić has limited to no knowledge about the way “civilization” emerges (there is no cradle) and once you begin to include extraterrestrial beings into your research and transform a mountain into a pyramid you have absolutely no credentials." (…)


  • Cover up that report, which I can’t endure to look on...



    Article published on 14 March 2011
    by Irna
    Tartuffe (taking a handkerchief from his pocket) Ah! Before you speak, pray take this handkerchief. Dorine What? Tartuffe Cover up that bosom, which I can’t Endure to look on. Molière: Tartuffe, or the Impostor [263] Following the publication of his 2008 "report", Dr. Nabil Swelim doesn’t seem to have been too much in evidence on (…)

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  • The Dentist and the Giant Mussel



    Article published on 6 March 2011
    by Irna
    The “complementary”, “multidisciplinary university project” team described in my previous article seems to have decided to: – on the one hand, revolutionise the world of archaeology (in the words of Pablito (it), aka Professor Paolo Debertolis: "Per me il problema è che queste grandi scoperte sono in mano solo agli archeologi che non hanno (…)

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  • The Dentist, the Architect, their Foreman and the Customer Service Manager



    Article published on 14 February 2011
    by Irna
    Table of contents A university project? An "independent researcher" Tragic consequences of an April Fool Tvrtko / Stephen I / III of Bosnia / Hungary The dentist and 2012 Bit part Players As one of my correspondents recently noted, the "official" Foundation Team has just been joined by a "complementary" team consisting of various members of (…)

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  • Exercise for archaeology students...



    Article published on 6 February 2011
    by Irna
    ... along with a "Baloney Detection Kit": http://college.thamesandhudsonusa.com/college/archaeology/archaeology6/ch/01/exercises.aspx


  • SB Research Group



    Article published on 5 February 2011
    by Abacus
    I was intrigued to see this link on the Foundation website recently - http://www.piramidasunca.ba/en/index.php/ITALIAN-SCIENTIFIC-TEAM-ESTABLISHED-TO-INVESTIGATE-THE-BOSNIAN-PYRAMIDS.html ? I was particularly interested in this statement: “‘SB Research Group’ is an inter-university and inter-disciplinary team established by Universities of (…)


  • The Dentist, the Architect, their Foreman and the Customer Service Manager



    Article published on 4 February 2011
    by Irna


  • An outstanding team of experts



    Article published on 31 January 2011
    by Irna
    "An outstanding team of experts"; that’s the phrase used by Mr. Osmanagic in an advertising magazine (en and de) [282], destined for the European "élite”, to introduce his new team. The reason why the team could hardly be anything other than new is because there aren’t all that many of the original project participants now left; it was not (…)

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  • A concrete tale



    Article published on 2 December 2010
    by Irna
    Table of contents Concrete Blocks Analysis Institute of Civil Engineering of Tuzla Report of Professor Muhamed Pasic Confirmation (?) from the Polytechnic Institute of Turin Analysis (?) by Professor Davidovits A PhD from Drexel University Since the first appearance in 2006 of the “greatest archaeological site of the century”, the Bosnian (…)

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  • EU Times and the pyramids



    Article published on 1 November 2010
    by Irna
    More than one visitor to this site has drawn my attention to this article published by the online newspaper EU Times: Scientists confirm pyramids in Bosnia are oldest known pyramids in the world. Here is the text of the article: Bosnian pyramids have been finally confirmed. Pyramid experts from all over the world have confirmed the existence (…)


  • The Egyptians and Semir Osmanagic’s Theatre of the Absurd



    Article published on 14 June 2009
    by Irna
    Table of contents The role of the Egyptians Potemkin villages The rocks are still rocks A few days ago, a journalist suggested to me that I take part in a documentary about the excavations at Visoko. He said it would be in the interests of fairness to let me present my ideas and arguments about the Bosnian pyramids theory, because "every (…)


  • Skeptoid: The Bosnian Pyramids



    Article published on 11 February 2009
    by Irna
    On Brian Dunning’s Skeptoid: The Bosnian Pyramids "The geology tells us that if the "pyramid" was man-made, it was constructed by laying the existing strata right back exactly where they were naturally formed, layer by layer, from bottom to top. This is one case where we can make a conclusion stronger than a lack of sufficient evidence to (…)


  • Of transparency and scientific integrity



    Article published on 11 October 2008
    by Irna
    Mr. Osmanagic’s "Archaeological Park: Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun" Foundation claims that its work is "transparent" (en) (see also its statutes (bs)). One particularly notable example of this "transparency" and scientific integrity is that of the report by the archaeologist Andrew Lawler. I have succeeded in obtaining from the author (who left (…)


  • Tunnels, fossilized wood and radiocarbon dating



    Article published on 22 September 2008
    by Irna
    So, the great "international scientific conference" (en) that Mr. Osmanagic organized in Sarajevo has come to an end; the Chinese archaeologists talked about the Chinese pyramids, the Egyptian archaeologists talked about the Egyptian pyramids... and Mr. Osmanagic’s associates gave their usual "arguments": perfect geometry, proto-script, and (…)


  • One more, one less...



    Article published on 13 September 2008
    by Irna
    Table of contents One more One less One more Mr. Osmanagic definitely has no luck with the archaeologists. He could not obtain, from the few Egyptian archaeologists and egyptologists he managed to invite to his "international scientific conference" (en), more than a few vague conclusions (en) saying that it is necessary to "answer the origin (…)


  • Help save Vjetrenica



    Article published on 27 August 2008
    by Irna
    Table of contents For more informations Several speleologists and scientists from Bosnia and Herzegovina have sent, a few weeks ago, a public petition to protect Vjetrenica; their text can be found here in English, and there in Bosnian. Vjetrenica is a wonderful cave in the Popovo Polje, a karstic polje in the South of Bosnia and Herzegovina.


  • Some thoughts about Dr. Nabil Swelim’s report



    Article published on 26 August 2008
    by Irna
    After Dr. Barakat’s report in November 2007, a second report from Egypt about the "Bosnian pyramids" was published in March 2008 by the team of Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation. This one is Dr. Nabil Swelim’s report (en), written in February 2008 following his visit to Bosnia from the 30th August to the 12th September 2007. Dr. Swelim, a former (…)


  • "What happened to the objective and unbiased journalism?"



    Article published on 16 August 2008
    by Irna
    "WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OBJECTIVE AND UNBIASED JOURNALISM?" was the title of an article published on Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation website (en) in December 2007. It was an attack on the journalist Vuk Bacanovic, of the magazine BHDani (bs), following the publication of articles disclosing various facts that proved of some embarrassment for the (…)


  • Beneath contempt



    Article published on 14 August 2008
    by Irna
    Beneath contempt: what other way is there of describing the events of the last few days at Visoko? As can be seen here, during the night of 6th-7th of August, the excavations of the mediaeval fortress of Visoki, at the top of the hill of Visocica, which Mr. Osmanagic persists in describing as “the highest pyramid in the world”, were subjected (…)


  • The fortress that just wouldn’t go away…



    Article published on 11 August 2008
    by Irna
    Table of contents Last minute news! «There’s nothing up there at all! Not so much as one stone on top of another! When the Turks burned it to the ground 500 years ago, they left nothing standing.» These were the words that, whilst giving a presentation about the “pyramids” of Visoko at the end of the summer of 2006, Mr. Semir Osmanagic (…)


  • Pareidolia



    Article published on 2 July 2008
    by Irna
    Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation (bs) mentions today the fact that an "interesting artifact, bearing the face of a little girl", was found in a ravine between the "pyramids" of Sun and Love: Source


  • All that nature can never do, part VIII: sedimentary structures



    Article published on 8 June 2008
    by Irna
    Table of contents "Mud-cracks" "Flute casts", "groove marks", "tool marks" and "load casts" "Molds", imprints from concretions or crystals A few examples of what Mr. Osmanagic would probably call "artifacts... "Mud-cracks"


  • In which the "proto-Bosnian" alphabet is mentioned again



    Article published on 26 April 2008
    by Irna
    Readers will perhaps recall that one of the most outlandish claims of Semir Osmanagic’s Foundation was the discovery of certain symbols in the Ravne Tunnel, three kilometres from the Pyramid of the Sun. Muris Osmanagic, their "finder", considers them to be a proto-Bosnian alphabet, "the ancestor of all European alphabets", from Phoenician to (…)


  • A new "expert" for Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation!



    Article published on 2 March 2008
    by Irna
    Among the Bosnian bloggers who, for two years, have exposed the various pseudo-archaeological manipulations by Semir Osmanagic and his friends, some use serious critical analyses, and some - or sometimes the same ones - prefer to use humour and derision. Among the last, one of the most formidable is the one who writes, under the pseudo "Izmo (…)

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  • All that nature can never do, part VII : walls



    Article published on 1 March 2008
    by Irna
    Parus, Praskoveyevka, Russie Source Parus, Praskoveyevka, Russie Source Hvítserkur, Islande Photo Anna Guðmundsdóttir - Source Caithness, Scotland Source Les "Pierres causantes" de Pempoul, Côtes-d’Armor, France Source Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan (…)


  • All that nature can never do, part VI : Liesegang Rings



    Article published on 1 March 2008
    by Irna
    Source "Geology cannot explain this" Website of Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation Jaizkibel, pays basque, Espagne Source Rodalquilar, province d’Almeria, Espagne Merci à Rodolfo Caparrós qui m’a fait partager sa galerie de photos Rodalquilar, province d’Almeria, Espagne Source (…)


  • Any resemblance to existing persons...



    Article published on 26 February 2008
    by Irna
    Imagine: in place of Bosnia, you have Peru; in place of a pyramid, you have a cyclopean fortress; in place of mythical Atlanteans, a legendary Inca hero; in place of a Texan businessman, the mayor of a Peruvian town, owner of a touristic company... So, the context is given, let’s tell the tale. On the 10th of January 2008, the Peruvian (…)

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  • Frauds, myths and mysteries: Feder on "Bosnian pyramids"



    Article published on 13 February 2008
    by Irna
    Table of contents Pyramids in Bosnia? Extracts from Kenneth L. Feder’s book, "Frauds, myths and mysteries - Science and Pseudoscience in Archeology", sixth edition, pages 276-278. Pyramids in Bosnia? The charismatic archaeologist, expedition leader, project director, fund-raiser, and author, Semir Osmanagic (in his day job, he’s a metalwork (…)


  • Brick-a-brac...



    Article published on 10 February 2008
    by Irna
    In lack of "scientific reports", quite rare these last months (and that’s not surprising, see here), and in lack of new "discoveries", the Foundation website doesn’t offer these days, beside some promotional material about Mr. Osmanagic’s presentations, more than a few revivals of old photographs: "extracts from the photo documentation" or (…)

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  • The Galileo Gambit



    Article published on 7 February 2008
    by Irna
    The supporters of parasciences consider the debate as the struggle of open, revolutionary minds, against the censorship of an omnipotent and sclerosed institution, which tries to suppress the truth in order to ensure the perenniality of its domination. This schematization, that will be called here "appeal to Galileo", is founded upon the (…)


  • In search of the lost reports



    Article published on 30 January 2008
    by Irna
    Table of contents The departure of Sead Pilav The case of Nadija Nukic The geologist Enes Ramovic The archaeologists’ findings The geologist Ali Barakat and the pyramid formed by a modified hill At the very outset of the research on Visocica, what were the conclusions of geologist Stjepan Coric? What information was concealed in Nadija (…)


  • A correspondence with Dr. Barakat



    Article published on 24 January 2008
    by Irna
    Table of contents 2007/12/30: First mail from Dr. Barakat 2008/01/07: My answer 2008/01/14: Dr. Barakat’s second mail 2008/01/21: My answer 2008/01/22: Dr. Barakat’s third mail To be continued I will copy/paste this entire correspondence, with a few editing as it is sometimes difficult in Dr. Barakat’s texts to distinguish between his text and (…)


  • Nadija Nukic : "Osmanagic has driven away the scientists from the project"



    Article published on 9 December 2007
    by Irna
    Table of contents Unpublished reports Skeletons and proto-alphabet Excavator and money Nadija Nukic is the name of the geologist who, at a time, was "coordinator of the Committee for Geology" (en) in Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation. She is the author of the reports on the probe holes and drillings made in 2005 at Semir Osmanagic’s request, and she (…)

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  • The Academician, the pyramids and the Moon



    Article published on 19 November 2007
    by Irna
    Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation had announced, at the end of July 2007, a visit to Visoko of Russian geophysicists, Professors Khavroshkin and Tsyplakov (news in English (en) and in Bosnian (bs)). Three months later, on the 16th of November, the Foundation website claims (bs) that "the Russian Academicians confirm the existence of the pyramids", and (…)


  • At last, Dr. Barakat’s report



    Article published on 6 November 2007
    by Irna
    After a long wait, the Egyptian geologist Aly Barakat’s report, made after his stay in Visoko in 2006, has at last been published on the Foundation website. You can read it here (en), or download the .pdf file hereunder: Geological and Geo-archaeological Observations on the Bosnian Pyramids in Visoko by Dr. Aly A. Barakat


  • Three little turns and then they go away...



    Article published on 23 September 2007
    by Irna
    Move like this, this, this Little puppets, little puppets, Move like this, this, this Three little turns And then they go away [353] Ainsi font, font, font Les petites marionettes, ainsi font, font, font, Trois p’tits tours et puis s’en vont ! The three Egyptian archaeologists who came in Visoko on the 31st of August (see here) are gone (…)

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  • Archaeology at Visoko: the real thing



    Article published on 16 September 2007
    by Irna
    Table of contents Middle Ages Neolithic Bronze and Iron Ages Ever since the the "pyramids" affair began, Mr. Osmanagic, his team and his supporters, have never stopped repeating the mantra that, as far as orthodox archaeologists were concerned, the Visoko region would be "terra incognita". This enables supporters of the Foundation to claim (…)

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  • The Bosnian Pyramid: a Brief Summary



    Article published on 15 September 2007
    by Irna
    The Bosnian Pyramid: a Brief Summary on "A Hot Cup of Joe" "If nothing else can be said, it must be admitted that the Osmanagic PR machine is good. The mainstream media jumped on the story, accepting at face-value what Osmanagic was claiming seemingly without consulting anyone in academia on the issue. Because of this, an interesting (…)


  • Alternative geology



    Article published on 12 September 2007
    by Irna
    A news item from 27th August on Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation Bosnian website recently caught my eye. Under the title "Isklesani lik na ploci" - "Carved face on a slab (bs)" – appears this photograph: Source along with the following text: A visitor to the Pyramid of the Moon sent us this photograph of the surface of one of (…)


  • Egyptian news



    Article published on 4 September 2007
    by Irna
    Table of contents Updated on the 5th of September After the mineralogist Aly Abd Barakat in June 2006, and the egyptologist Mohamed Ibrahim Aly in September 2006 [368], a new group of Egyptian scientists arrived in Visoko to lend their help to Mr. Osmanagic. They are two archaeologists from Cairo Faculty of Archaeology, Dr. Soleiman Hamed (…)


  • "Pyramids" shaped by Romans?



    Article published on 29 August 2007
    by Irna
    Bosnian "pyramids": hills shaped by Romans, that’s the title of a new blog, created in August 2007, dedicated to the "Bosnian pyramids" : http://omerbashich.blogspot.com/ (en). Not just another pro- or anti- pyramids blog : this one at the same time denounces Mr. Osmanagic’s "amateur digging" and hoaxes, and claims to offer an alternative (…)

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  • Did the Bosnian pyramids builders come through France ?



    Article published on 22 August 2007
    by Irna
    One can actually wonder, seeing some "artifacts" - at least Mr. Osmanagic would probably call them that - that I found in Saint-André de Rosans in the region Hautes-Alpes. I went there to look closer at the stone balls (en), and was quite surprised to encounter, in the same sandstone layers that contain the balls, some phenomena indisputably (…)


  • Stone balls : in France too!



    Article published on 21 August 2007
    by Irna
    According to Mr. Osmanagic, the famous "stone balls" (kamene kugle) can be found only in Bosnia, Mexico and Costa Rica. However, as I have already mentioned here, and here, these particular phenomena are in fact much commoner than generally realized, and can be found on every continent, including Europe. Recently, for example, I discovered (…)


  • For lack of any scientific arguments, the Osmanagic team uses threats...



    Article published on 18 August 2007
    by Irna
    If you used to have sometimes a look on the various blogs of the "Anti-Pyramid Web Ring" in Bosnia, you may have noticed that their content has disappeared; instead there is a short post (bs), saying that "because of the pressures bearing on us and our families, and of the legal threats", their authors have decided to stop, at least (…)

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  • Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Mr. Osmanagic’s High Representative?



    Article published on 17 August 2007
    by Irna
    Since the 2nd of July 2007, Mr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling is not anymore High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina; the new High Representative is a Slovakian diplomat, Mr. Miroslav Lajcak. However, it seems that Mr. Schwarz-Shilling did not remain long unemployed, as less than a week after his departure from the OHR he could be found (…)


  • The "excavation report" for 2006



    Article published on 18 June 2007
    by Irna
    Table of contents 150,000 hours for 31 pages? 3000 kg of samples... Maps and archaeological plans Whispered, but never written, "scientific conclusions" Weeks of meticulous searching... Sacred cow and ten-fingered foot Laboratory analyses Three-headed dragon and proto-script A little bit more dust in the eyes International validation One of (…)


  • Artifacts again...



    Article published on 8 June 2007
    by Irna
    Table of contents Sedimentary features Liesegang rings "Potential artifacts" A glass lump doesn’t make a pyramid! Despite the lack of excavation authorization on Visocica Hill, Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation is continuing its activities, during this 2007 spring, on the unprotected sites, Pljesevica Hill and the two tunnels of Ravne and KTK (…)


  • How the Bosnian scientific institutions see Mr. Osmanagic’s project - part 2 (and end?)



    Article published on 25 May 2007
    by Irna
    I have described a few days ago in this article some official documents published on geolog-mrak (bs)’s blog. It appears that Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation has asked from the Ministry of Culture an excavation permit (including for excavations in the protected area on Visocica, see here) as well as some subsidies; and that the Minister, Mr. Gavrilo (…)


  • Stone balls in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland



    Article published on 16 May 2007
    by Irna
    "Such stone balls were never found in Europe before, and Bosnia and Herzegovina is the only European country to report such findings. The stone balls phenomena are also recorded in Costa Rica and Mexico, and now, in Bosnia and Herzegovina." Source : Press release from the Foundation, 6th september 2006 (bs) It is not only easy to find (…)


  • How the Bosnian scientific institutions see Mr. Osmanagic’s project



    Article published on 16 May 2007
    by Irna
    The reader probably remembers (see this article) that Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation appears to have this year - contrary to the year 2006 - some difficulties in obtaining the necessary excavation permits in order to pursue their project. It seems that the responsible federal authorities, that is the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Physical (…)


  • Artifacts



    Article published on 13 May 2007
    by Irna
    I had planned to devote a long article to the numerous artifacts and mostly pseudo-artifacts found in 2006 and at the beginning of 2007 by Mr. Osmanagic’s team, but Stultitia has been more swift and made two excellent posts on the English blog of the Anti-Pyramid Web Ring (en). So that I will just make a short summary and send the visitor to (…)


  • Did you say "interview"?



    Article published on 12 May 2007
    by Irna
    Since Mr. Osmanagic made known his hypothesis about the "Bosnian Pyramids", almost two years ago, he has frequently been opposed by Bosnian scientists, archaeologists and geologists, supported by their European colleagues. These scientists have addressed various authorities (for instance a letter to UNESCO (en), or an open letter to Christian (…)


  • An "April Fools’ day fish" during the month of May?



    Article published on 11 May 2007
    by Irna
    The visitor passing on this web site may have read this text published on the 1st of April, in which I announced the discovery, by Mr. Osmanagic and his team, of an extraordinary archaeological treasure of sculpted and engraved fishes [403] that confirmed their most extravagant hypothesis about an ancient worlwide sea-borne civilization. I hope (…)


  • Mr. Osmanagic, protector of the Bosnian national heritage?



    Article published on 5 May 2007
    by Irna
    Is Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation abandoning its pyramid chimeras, and beginning to devote itself to real archaeology and the protection of the Bosnian heritage? That’s what one could believe, at least for a moment, when one sees the news published on the 29th of April 2007 (bs) on the Foundation web site. Indeed the Foundation announces a new (…)


  • Pseudo-scientific validation



    Article published on 2 May 2007
    by Irna
    Ever since the excavations in the valley of Visoko began, the Osmanagic Foundation has frequently promised "international scientific validation" of the project and the "evidence" that would confirm the Bosnian ‘pyramids’ hypothesis. If, during 2006, a few Egyptian or Italian scientists apparently supported the project to some degree, none of (…)

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  • The pyramid fishermen: an extraordinary discovery!



    Article published on 1 April 2007
    by Irna
    I received this morning some news that will, if confirmed, make me totally change my opinion about Visoko site and its interpretations by Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation. The news, at the time when I’m writing, has still not been published on the Foundation website, but it was communicated to the people who signed in for the Foundation newsletter, (…)

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  • Mr. Osmanagic explains the pyramids to the visitors



    Article published on 31 March 2007
    by Irna
    [...] Osmanagic: Evidently the age of the pyramid is very ancient. Let’s say that each centimeter [of soil] represents two hundred to three hundred years... of formation... each centimeter of clay... There at this location there was about 40 centimeters. Forty centimers multiplied by two hundred or three hundred is 8,000 to 12,000 years. So (…)


  • A little bit of real archaeology...



    Article published on 28 March 2007
    by Irna
    Excellent news from Bosnia for the European archaeology: a team, led by Ms. Snjezana Vasilj, Professor of Archaeology in Sarajevo and Mostar Universities, has published the discovery of the first Illyrian boats ever found (en) in Hutovo Blato. Hutovo Blato Source Hutovo Blato, located near Capljina, half-way between Mostar (…)


  • Sur le blog d’Alun Salt



    Article published on 28 March 2007
    by Irna
    On Alun Salt’s blog: A 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." The Price of a Pyramid "Osmanagić isn’t the first person to bulldoze their way to their destination. Schliemann employed similar (…)


  • Of credulity



    Article published on 20 March 2007
    by Irna
    There is no limit to the credulity of those who want to believe... One can find an evidence for this in the extraordinary story made up, not, for once, by Mr. Osmanagic and his fellows, but by a few enthousiastic "supporters" on some pro-pyramids websites or forums. I have already mentioned here the famous "proto-Illyrian" script identified (…)


  • An open letter from the Bosnian scientific community



    Article published on 18 March 2007
    by Irna
    Sarajevo, March 14, 2007 Dear Mr. Schwarz-Schilling, For more than a year now, the Bosnian-Herzegovinian and the international scientific community has been following the development of pseudoarchaeological trend and project of search for the alleged prehistoric pyramids near Visoko in Bosnia-Herzegovina in utter appalment. Particularly (…)


  • A little bit of numerology



    Article published on 15 March 2007
    by Irna
    In a news dated 2 March 2007 (bs), the "Bosnian pyramid of the Sun" Foundation informs us that Mr. Osmanagic goes on with his world tour "in search of the lost civilizations" (this tour being intended for a "scientific" emission with that same title that will be broadcasted on the Bosnian federal TV). He is, during these first days of March, in (…)


  • Mars, Egypt, and Bosnia



    Article published on 2 February 2007
    by Irna
    Two months after the publishing of his first text in the heading "Iz mog ugla", where he tries to demonstrate that the "pyramids" of Visoko were in fact gigantic survival rafts, Goran Cakic is back on the Foundation website, with a really revolutionary text that will shake all our scientific certainties. Unfortunately, this monument of the (…)


  • Tombs, megaliths, and mysterious symbols



    Article published on 2 February 2007
    by Irna
    Table of contents Magnetic Tumulus Megaliths in a tunnel The most ancient alphabet in the world? The fore-father of all amphitheaters After the brilliant text by Mr. Goran Cakic about the use of the "pyramids" as "new arks", the new work which appeared in what I have called the "deliriums corner (bs)" on the Foundation website is written by (…)


  • All that nature can never do, part V: conglomerate or concrete?



    Article published on 6 December 2006
    by Irna
    Source "Nature cannot do something like this" Semir Osmanagic, and others Meurthe-et-Moselle, France Photo Ji-Elle - Source Manche, France Source


  • All that nature can never do, part IV: stone spheres



    Article published on 3 December 2006
    by Irna
    Une sphère en Bosnie A sphere in Bosnia - Source "Nature cannot do something like this" Semir Osmanagic, and others Mokraya Olkhovka, oblast de Volgograd, Russie Source Valle de la Luna, Argentine Source Valle de la Luna, Argentine Source Shangrao, Jiangxi, Chine (…)


  • All that nature can never do, part III : "ripple-marks"



    Article published on 3 December 2006
    by Irna
    Source "Nature cannot do something like this" Semir Osmanagic, and others Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada Photo John Waldron - Source Nord-Est, Iran Source Kashafroud, Iran Source Mighan, Iran Source Anti-Atlas, Maroc Source Dinosaur (…)


  • All that nature can never do, part II: pavements and tiled floors



    Article published on 2 December 2006
    by Irna
    Table of contents At a very different scale And even on Mars Source "Nature cannot do something like this" Semir Osmanagic, and others Caithness, Scotland Photo Mikenorton - Source Vale of Glamorgan, Royaume-Uni Source LeRoy, New York Source Doniford Bay, (…)


  • All that nature can never do, part I: pyramids



    Article published on 2 December 2006
    by Irna
    Source "Nature cannot do something like this" Semir Osmanagic, and others Búlandstindur, Islande - Source Mont Fuji, Japon Photo Kris J B - Source


  • Geology of the Bosnian "pyramids"



    Article published on 25 November 2006
    by Irna
    Table of contents In the beginning was a lake A multi-layered sedimentary sandwich - or sedimentary "mille-feuilles" From the Miocene... to the pyramids Visocica: a part of an anticline Pljesevica, or how to manufacture a step pyramid in sedimentary rocks During the summer of 2006, the excavations made by the "Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun" (…)


  • The "Pyramid of the Moon" - Pljesevica



    Article published on 15 October 2006
    by Irna
    Begun in April 2006, the excavations have taken place, till May, exclusively on Visocica - the "pyramid of the Sun" - and it was not considered (en) to dig on the other "pyramides" in 2006, nor even in 2007. However, a news from the 14th of May (bs) on the Foundation website announced the discovery, at the foot of the South face of the "pyramid (…)


  • The "Pyramid of the Sun" - Visocica



    Article published on 15 September 2006
    by Irna
    When the excavations began, on the 14th of April 2006, Visocica hill, called "pyramid of the Sun" by Mr. Osmanagic, was the main center of interest for the Foundation. At that time, Visocica was supposed to be the only one to be excavated during 2006, and even during 2007, when there was just a project for a few probes on the other "pyramids". (…)

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  • "Noah’s Ark", fresh water tank, and ice melting



    Article published on 1 September 2006
    by Irna
    In the new heading appeared on the Foundation website, "Iz mog ugla (bs)" [430], the first personal "work (bs)" [431] is written by the graduate engineer Goran Cakic. The text is in Bosnian - and I doubt that it will ever be translated in another language - but I’ll try here to give a rough idea of its content. The title is "Kako je moglo (…)


  • Scientific reports from July 2006



    Article published on 29 August 2006
    by Irna
    Since the first reports made before the beginning of the excavations (satellite and geological analyses), the Foundation has till now published only two new reports for the 2006 campaign, respectively on the 18th and 19th of July (the third "report", dated 31st July, is only a "re-writing" of the first two ones by Nakija Nukic, the team (…)


  • "No pyramids"



    Article published on 28 August 2006
    by Irna
    No news from Dr Schoch’s report since he came back from Bosnia; however a text from him (en) has been published on Colette Dowell’s blog on the 26th of August 2006, about the "alleged pyramids". Not very surprisingly when one remembers their first impressions (see here) his conclusion is "No pyramids". A few significative extracts: "Where (…)


  • A certain lack of professionalism



    Article published on 27 August 2006
    by Irna
    The 2006 excavation campaign has begun in the "valley of the pyramids" in Visoko on April 14th, and it is supposed to continue until the end of October. During this campaign, the Foundation website has been updated on a daily basis - at least for the Bosnian version - with short statements and press releases, and hundreds of photographs of the (…)


  • Mysterious spheres...



    Article published on 26 August 2006
    by Irna
    To finish with what I called the "preliminary evidence", which Mr. Osmanagic used in order to proclaim the existence of the pyramids even before any excavation was done, there still are the "mysterious stone spheres" (kamene kugle), to which he devoted an entire chapter of his book on "the pyramid of the Sun" (see here for an analysis of this (…)


  • Of tunnels...



    Article published on 26 August 2006
    by Irna
    Another "scientific proof" of the existence of the pyramids, as presented by the Foundation in this document (in Bosnian (bs) [433] and in English (en)), is the so-called "extensive tunnel network" in the valley. Mr. Osmanagic claims that this "tunnel network" is connecting all the "colossal objects" of the valley, and that the existence of (…)


  • First impressions from Robert Schoch and Colette Dowell



    Article published on 8 August 2006
    by Irna
    If you follow the Bosnian "pyramids" affair, you probably heard of the visit made by Robert Schoch (en) in Visoko. This geologist became quite famous with the controversy (en) that arised from his dating of the Sphinx of Giza (en). Robert Schoch holds, on the basis - to make it short - of certain types of erosion on its surface, to a much older (…)


  • The geophysical (satellite) analysis



    Article published on 26 July 2006
    by Irna
    A study of the "pyramids", using various remote sensing techniques, has been made during the winter 2005-2006. The scientific report, dated from February 2006, can be downloaded (en) on the Foundation website, and is also available below (English pdf file): Analyse Géophysique Geophysical Analysis - S


  • The geological probes



    Article published on 20 July 2006
    by Irna
    Table of contents The probes The drillings The geologists from the Tuzla University In August 2005, Mr. Osmanagic had (on his own funds apparently) a series of drillings done on Visocica hill, with the aim of confirming his "hypothesis" of the pyramid of the Sun. The results are presented in three different documents, and with some nuances: (…)


  • The "valley of the pyramids"



    Article published on 20 July 2006
    by Irna
    As soon as he had his first "revelation" of the existence of a pyramid under the hill of Visocica in April 2005 (see here), Mr. Osmanagic was convinced that this pyramid is not unique. On the other side of the valley, Pljesevica Hill is immediately identified as "sister pyramid", and the two hills are renamed: pyramid of the Sun and pyramid of (…)


  • How old?



    Article published on 20 July 2006
    by Irna
    If the size of the pyramid is a little bit "elastic", its age is apparently still more variable! In this article (en) (see "The figures really don’t add up"), Alun Salt picks up Mr. Osmanagic’s numerous contradictions: once he claims that the Bosnian pyramid has been made after the Egyptian and Mexican ones, the other time that it was (…)


  • The "discovery" of the pyramid of the Sun



    Article published on 17 July 2006
    by Irna
    Semir Osmanagic relates his discovery in his book about the pyramid of the sun ("Bosanska piramida Sunca", that you can read here (bs) in Bosnian, a partial translation in English is here (en)). During a trip across Bosnia, with his friends Bojan Zecevic and Jovo Jovanovic, a trip apparently aimed at studying the "stone spheres", these (…)


  • The book "The Bosnian pyramid of the Sun"



    Article published on 17 July 2006
    by Irna
    Table of contents Introduction Chapter one: genetic anthropology changes our familiar view of the world Chapter 2: The "stone spheres" phenomenon Chapter 3: Biogeometry Chapter 4: The Bosnian pyramid of the Sun Chapter 5: The Adriatic Basin, jewel of the world archaeology Appendixes I will try here to summarize the content of Semir (…)


  • Some news from the foreign scientists



    Article published on 30 June 2006
    by Irna
    It has been shown in this article how the "international team" mentioned by the Foundation has soon been revealed an almost empty claim, even if Mr. Osmanagic supporters continue on a regular basis to announce (en) (see the news of the 8th of June 2006) the arrival of scientists from every country (Egypt, India, Pakistan, Mexico...), and even (…)


  • Frictions inside the Foundation ?



    Article published on 30 June 2006
    by Irna
    It seems that some people, inside the "Bosnian pyramid of the Sun" Foundation, have begun to distanciate themselves from it and its foundator. It may particularly be the case with Senad Hodovic, Director of Visoko Museum, who was the official "guaranty" of the project, and who was not exactly the same kind of "pyramidomaniac" as Mr. Osmanagic (…)


  • A "perfect" pyramid?



    Article published on 28 June 2006
    by Irna
    Table of contents Which size? About the terraces One of the first questions that can be asked, concerning the "pyramid of the Sun", is that of its exact shape. Indeed, the "perfect" shape of Visocica is often stressed by Mr. Osmanagic, and is used as "proof" of its artificial nature (meaning: nature cannot have produced so perfect a shape): (…)


  • The "family circle"



    Article published on 16 June 2006
    by Irna
    The last part of the Osmanagic’s team (see the previous texts about the "ghost", unknown or "embellished" scientists) is what I would call the "family circle": people which place in the project seems to depend on their familial or friendly relations with Mr. Osmanagic. First among these people, one can find Muris Osmanagic, Semir’s father. (…)


  • Using the appeal to authority



    Article published on 14 June 2006
    by Irna
    I have shown, here and there, that Mr. Osmanagic’s team was partly constituted of "ghost scientists", either people totally unknown of the academic world, or foreign scientists that were never aware that they had been included in the team. However, along with the "ghost scientists", there are in Mr. Osmanagic’s team as listed on the Foundation (…)


  • Google doesn’t like Bosnian scientists



    Article published on 14 June 2006
    by Irna
    I have shown here that a large part of the foreign scientists, claimed by Mr. Osmanagic in 2006 to be part of his team, never intended in fact to participate in his project. If one now takes an interest in the local members of the "scientific team", one will soon discover that Google, as well as Google Scholar, have a strong prejudice against (…)


  • Ghost scientists



    Article published on 13 June 2006
    by Irna
    According to the Foundation website, and the daily news given by the Foundation, Mr. Osmanagic has been able to gather, for the excavations of the "pyramid of the Sun", an important team, both qualified and international. The composition of this team was given on the Foundation website (a mention of these "committees" can be found in a press (…)


  • Semir Osmanagic



    Article published on 12 June 2006
    by Irna
    Mr. Semir Osmanagic, born in 1960 in Bosnia, and living in the United States (Houston, Texas), presented as an archaeologist (en) in the first news, is in fact a businessman. According to the article about him in Wikipedia (en), he is the owner of the Met Company (en) in Houston. In Sarajevo he studied political and economic science (see this (…)


  • Foreword



    Article published on 11 June 2006
    by Irna
    Why should one take an interest in Mr. Osmanagic’s personality, or in the personality of the members of the team mustered by the "Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation"? The pyramid supporters usually reject the questions pertaining to Mr. Osmanagic’s, or his collaborators’, qualifications, saying they are ad hominem arguments, and they demand (…)


  • Pyramids in Bosnia?



    Article published on 8 June 2006
    by Irna
    The "Bosnian pyramid" affair began in October 26th, 2005, with an article in the Bosnian daily newspaper Dnevni Avaz, translated on the BBC website (en). According to this article, there is in Bosnia, near the town of Visoko (en), a pyramid similar to the Egyptian ones, "Europe’s first pyramid". During a few months, the discussions about (…)

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Bosnian pyramids
  • Pyramids in Bosnia?
  • The protagonists
    • Foreword
    • Semir Osmanagic
    • Ghost scientists
    • Google doesn’t like Bosnian scientists
    • Using the appeal to authority
    • The "family circle"
    • Some news from the foreign scientists
    • Frictions inside the Foundation ?
    • The book "The Bosnian pyramid of the Sun"
    • First impressions from Robert Schoch and Colette Dowell
    • Pseudo-scientific validation
    • Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Mr. Osmanagic’s High Representative?
    • For lack of any scientific arguments, the Osmanagic team uses threats...
    • Egyptian news
    • The Academician, the pyramids and the Moon
    • A correspondence with Dr. Barakat
    • "What happened to the objective and unbiased journalism?"
    • One more, one less...
    • The Egyptians and Semir Osmanagic’s Theatre of the Absurd
    • An outstanding team of experts
    • The Dentist, the Architect, their Foreman and the Customer Service Manager
    • Russian nesting academies
    • His Royal Highness Prince Mensur or: the pyramids, the comet and the Queen of England
  • Pseudoscientific methodology
    • A certain lack of professionalism
    • A little bit of numerology
    • Of credulity
    • Did you say "interview"?
    • Artifacts
    • Three little turns and then they go away...
    • Nadija Nukic : "Osmanagic has driven away the scientists from the project"
    • Brick-a-brac...
    • Beneath contempt
    • Of transparency and scientific integrity
    • EU Times and the pyramids
    • The Dentist and the Giant Mussel
    • Dr. Semir Osmanagic, Fake Article Scandal
    • Pseudo-festival, pseudo-awards …
    • Chasing the Dragon (Project)
  • "Evidence" and "scientific reports" from the Foundation
    • A "perfect" pyramid?
    • The "discovery" of the pyramid of the Sun
    • How old?
    • The "valley of the pyramids"
    • The geological probes
    • The geophysical (satellite) analysis
    • Of tunnels...
    • Mysterious spheres...
    • Scientific reports from July 2006
    • "Noah’s Ark", fresh water tank, and ice melting
    • Tombs, megaliths, and mysterious symbols
    • Mars, Egypt, and Bosnia
    • Mr. Osmanagic explains the pyramids to the visitors
    • The "excavation report" for 2006
    • Alternative geology
    • At last, Dr. Barakat’s report
    • In search of the lost reports
    • In which the "proto-Bosnian" alphabet is mentioned again
    • Some thoughts about Dr. Nabil Swelim’s report
    • Tunnels, fossilized wood and radiocarbon dating
    • Cover up that report, which I can’t endure to look on...
    • Carbon 14 dating - the next episode
    • Mishandling archaeoacoustics
  • The reality of the "pyramids"
    • "No pyramids"
    • The "Pyramid of the Sun" - Visocica
    • The "Pyramid of the Moon" - Pljesevica
    • Geology of the Bosnian "pyramids"
    • Artifacts again...
    • Stone balls : in France too!
    • Did the Bosnian pyramids builders come through France ?
    • Frauds, myths and mysteries: Feder on "Bosnian pyramids"
    • A concrete tale
    • Exercise for archaeology students...
    • Light at the end of the tunnel?
    • There and Back Again
    • Irna interviewed about the "Bosnian pyramids" (December 2013)
    • A letter from Bosnia: in search of pyramids
  • Real archaeology
    • A little bit of real archaeology...
    • Mr. Osmanagic, protector of the Bosnian national heritage?
    • Archaeology at Visoko: the real thing
    • The fortress that just wouldn’t go away…
    • Hijacking an archaeological heritage
  • Around the pyramids: the Bosnian context
    • An open letter from the Bosnian scientific community
    • How the Bosnian scientific institutions see Mr. Osmanagic’s project
    • How the Bosnian scientific institutions see Mr. Osmanagic’s project - part 2 (and end?)
    • "Pyramids" shaped by Romans?
    • The Galileo Gambit
    • Any resemblance to existing persons...
    • Help save Vjetrenica
    • An initiative to raise awareness about the crisis of Bosnian cultural institutions
    • The Secret of the Pyramid
  • Paolo Debertolis and the SBRG
    • SB Research Group
    • The Dentist, the Architect, their Foreman and the Customer Service Manager
    • The Dentist and the Giant Mussel
    • Abacus tries again
    • Abacus goes around in ever-decreasing spirals
    • Hijacking an archaeological heritage
    • Vanishing web articles
    • Chasing the Dragon (Project)
    • Quaterbolis and the Pit and the Pendulum
    • Mishandling archaeoacoustics
    • Non-existent conferences
    • A response to Professor Debertolis
    • Eclisse Forum: dossier on the Bosnian Pyramids, English translation
      • Bosnian Pyramids: Introduction
      • An Open Letter to the Director of the SB Research Group.
      • The protagonists: The Foundation
      • The Protagonists: Dr. Osmanagic
      • The Protagonists: SBRG
      • The Protagonists: Paolo Debertolis
      • The Pyramids
      • The Whispering Pyramids
      • The Mike Tate affair
      • The Ravne Tunnel - Part I
  • The "deliriums corner"
    • The pyramid fishermen: an extraordinary discovery!
    • An "April Fools’ day fish" during the month of May?
    • A new "expert" for Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation!
    • Tragic consequences of an April Fool - bis repetita placent
    • Artefacts found: proof of pyramid builders

The documentary film: "Revelation of the Pyramids"
  • "Revelation of the Pyramids": Sitchin, or not Sitchin ?
  • "Revelation of the pyramids": At the center of the landmass
  • "Revelation of the Pyramids": Jacques Grimault’s sources - I
  • "Revelation of the Pyramids": Jacques Grimault’s sources - II
  • "Revelation of the Pyramids": Jacques Grimault’s sources - III
  • Tilted Equator?

The "pyramidiots"’ corner
  • Pyramids in the Bermuda Triangle
  • Lexique
  • Pyramidiotic bloopers
  • Honey in the pyramids
  • K2019, endgame
  • Putting the Hype into Hyperborea
  • Trouble in the Balkans
  • Desperately Seeking Shambhalla

OoPArts
  • OOPArt? The Dorchester Pot
  • The radioactive skeletons of Mohenjo Daro.
  • A Congressman and the Mummies of Nasca: When pseudoscience is worse than a horror movie

Gallery
  • All that nature can never do, part I: pyramids
  • All that nature can never do, part II: pavements and tiled floors
  • All that nature can never do, part III : "ripple-marks"
  • All that nature can never do, part IV: stone spheres
  • All that nature can never do, part V: conglomerate or concrete?
  • Stone balls in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland
  • All that nature can never do, part VI : Liesegang Rings
  • All that nature can never do, part VII : walls
  • All that nature can never do, part VIII: sedimentary structures
  • Pareidolia
  • "Holographic" pyramids

Documents
  • The Strange Journey of Humphries Brewer
  • An interesting project needs your help!
  • From Sensation to Condemnation: The story behind the so-called "Nazca Mummies"
  • Documents about the Bosnian "pyramids"
    • Links to texts and analyses on the Bosnian "pyramids" affair
    • Sarajevo Conference, 2008 - Abstracts
    • Semir Osmanagic’s thesis
    • Documents - Presse
    • Documents - Geology
    • Discussions of the pyramids "affair"
    • Addressing Invented Heritage: the Case of the Bosnian Pyramids
    • Authority and the production of knowledge in archaeology
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Cultural Heritage on the Brink
    • The Biggest Hoax In History
    • Buried Land

On the menu

  • accueil
  • Bosnian pyramids
    • Pyramids in Bosnia?
    • The protagonists
      • Foreword
      • Semir Osmanagic
      • Ghost scientists
      • Google doesn’t like Bosnian scientists
      • Using the appeal to authority
      • The "family circle"
      • Some news from the foreign scientists
      • Frictions inside the Foundation ?
      • The book "The Bosnian pyramid of the Sun"
      • First impressions from Robert Schoch and Colette Dowell
      • Pseudo-scientific validation
      • Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Mr. Osmanagic’s High Representative?
      • For lack of any scientific arguments, the Osmanagic team uses threats...
      • Egyptian news
      • The Academician, the pyramids and the Moon
      • A correspondence with Dr. Barakat
      • "What happened to the objective and unbiased journalism?"
      • One more, one less...
      • The Egyptians and Semir Osmanagic’s Theatre of the Absurd
      • An outstanding team of experts
      • The Dentist, the Architect, their Foreman and the Customer Service Manager
      • Russian nesting academies
      • His Royal Highness Prince Mensur or: the pyramids, the comet and the Queen of England
    • Pseudoscientific methodology
      • A certain lack of professionalism
      • A little bit of numerology
      • Of credulity
      • Did you say "interview"?
      • Artifacts
      • Three little turns and then they go away...
      • Nadija Nukic : "Osmanagic has driven away the scientists from the project"
      • Brick-a-brac...
      • Beneath contempt
      • Of transparency and scientific integrity
      • EU Times and the pyramids
      • The Dentist and the Giant Mussel
      • Dr. Semir Osmanagic, Fake Article Scandal
      • Pseudo-festival, pseudo-awards …
      • Chasing the Dragon (Project)
    • "Evidence" and "scientific reports" from the Foundation
      • A "perfect" pyramid?
      • The "discovery" of the pyramid of the Sun
      • How old?
      • The "valley of the pyramids"
      • The geological probes
      • The geophysical (satellite) analysis
      • Of tunnels...
      • Mysterious spheres...
      • Scientific reports from July 2006
      • "Noah’s Ark", fresh water tank, and ice melting
      • Tombs, megaliths, and mysterious symbols
      • Mars, Egypt, and Bosnia
      • Mr. Osmanagic explains the pyramids to the visitors
      • The "excavation report" for 2006
      • Alternative geology
      • At last, Dr. Barakat’s report
      • In search of the lost reports
      • In which the "proto-Bosnian" alphabet is mentioned again
      • Some thoughts about Dr. Nabil Swelim’s report
      • Tunnels, fossilized wood and radiocarbon dating
      • Cover up that report, which I can’t endure to look on...
      • Carbon 14 dating - the next episode
      • Mishandling archaeoacoustics
    • The reality of the "pyramids"
      • "No pyramids"
      • The "Pyramid of the Sun" - Visocica
      • The "Pyramid of the Moon" - Pljesevica
      • Geology of the Bosnian "pyramids"
      • Artifacts again...
      • Stone balls : in France too!
      • Did the Bosnian pyramids builders come through France ?
      • Frauds, myths and mysteries: Feder on "Bosnian pyramids"
      • A concrete tale
      • Exercise for archaeology students...
      • Light at the end of the tunnel?
      • There and Back Again
      • Irna interviewed about the "Bosnian pyramids" (December 2013)
      • A letter from Bosnia: in search of pyramids
    • Real archaeology
      • A little bit of real archaeology...
      • Mr. Osmanagic, protector of the Bosnian national heritage?
      • Archaeology at Visoko: the real thing
      • The fortress that just wouldn’t go away…
      • Hijacking an archaeological heritage
    • Around the pyramids: the Bosnian context
      • An open letter from the Bosnian scientific community
      • How the Bosnian scientific institutions see Mr. Osmanagic’s project
      • How the Bosnian scientific institutions see Mr. Osmanagic’s project - part 2 (and end?)
      • "Pyramids" shaped by Romans?
      • The Galileo Gambit
      • Any resemblance to existing persons...
      • Help save Vjetrenica
      • An initiative to raise awareness about the crisis of Bosnian cultural institutions
      • The Secret of the Pyramid
    • Paolo Debertolis and the SBRG
      • SB Research Group
      • The Dentist, the Architect, their Foreman and the Customer Service Manager
      • The Dentist and the Giant Mussel
      • Abacus tries again
      • Abacus goes around in ever-decreasing spirals
      • Hijacking an archaeological heritage
      • Vanishing web articles
      • Chasing the Dragon (Project)
      • Quaterbolis and the Pit and the Pendulum
      • Mishandling archaeoacoustics
      • Non-existent conferences
      • A response to Professor Debertolis
      • Eclisse Forum: dossier on the Bosnian Pyramids, English translation
        • Bosnian Pyramids: Introduction
        • An Open Letter to the Director of the SB Research Group.
        • The protagonists: The Foundation
        • The Protagonists: Dr. Osmanagic
        • The Protagonists: SBRG
        • The Protagonists: Paolo Debertolis
        • The Pyramids
        • The Whispering Pyramids
        • The Mike Tate affair
        • The Ravne Tunnel - Part I
    • The "deliriums corner"
      • The pyramid fishermen: an extraordinary discovery!
      • An "April Fools’ day fish" during the month of May?
      • A new "expert" for Mr. Osmanagic’s Foundation!
      • Tragic consequences of an April Fool - bis repetita placent
      • Artefacts found: proof of pyramid builders
  • The documentary film: "Revelation of the Pyramids"
    • "Revelation of the Pyramids": Sitchin, or not Sitchin ?
    • "Revelation of the pyramids": At the center of the landmass
    • "Revelation of the Pyramids": Jacques Grimault’s sources - I
    • "Revelation of the Pyramids": Jacques Grimault’s sources - II
    • "Revelation of the Pyramids": Jacques Grimault’s sources - III
    • Tilted Equator?
  • The "pyramidiots"’ corner
    • Pyramids in the Bermuda Triangle
    • Lexique
    • Pyramidiotic bloopers
    • Honey in the pyramids
    • K2019, endgame
    • Putting the Hype into Hyperborea
    • Trouble in the Balkans
    • Desperately Seeking Shambhalla
  • OoPArts
    • OOPArt? The Dorchester Pot
    • The radioactive skeletons of Mohenjo Daro.
    • A Congressman and the Mummies of Nasca: When pseudoscience is worse than a horror movie
  • Gallery
    • All that nature can never do, part I: pyramids
    • All that nature can never do, part II: pavements and tiled floors
    • All that nature can never do, part III : "ripple-marks"
    • All that nature can never do, part IV: stone spheres
    • All that nature can never do, part V: conglomerate or concrete?
    • Stone balls in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland
    • All that nature can never do, part VI : Liesegang Rings
    • All that nature can never do, part VII : walls
    • All that nature can never do, part VIII: sedimentary structures
    • Pareidolia
    • "Holographic" pyramids
  • Documents
    • The Strange Journey of Humphries Brewer
    • An interesting project needs your help!
    • From Sensation to Condemnation: The story behind the so-called "Nazca Mummies"
    • Documents about the Bosnian "pyramids"
      • Links to texts and analyses on the Bosnian "pyramids" affair
      • Sarajevo Conference, 2008 - Abstracts
      • Semir Osmanagic’s thesis
      • Documents - Presse
      • Documents - Geology
      • Discussions of the pyramids "affair"
      • Addressing Invented Heritage: the Case of the Bosnian Pyramids
      • Authority and the production of knowledge in archaeology
      • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Cultural Heritage on the Brink
      • The Biggest Hoax In History
      • Buried Land

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