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Home  Daily News DR. HARDING: IMAMOVIC IS NOT THE PROFESSOR NOR THE ARCHAEOLOGIST!
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DR. HARDING: IMAMOVIC IS NOT THE PROFESSOR NOR THE ARCHAEOLOGIST! |
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Written by Theresa Dolores
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- 07.05.2007 |
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The former president of the European Association of Archaeologists, Anthony Harding from
UK , gave an interview to our associate. This archaeologist is
currently working on a project on a new project relating to ancient
salt exploitation in
Romania . He wrote very negatively about the research project in the
Bosnian
Valley of the Pyramids and he became famous for that.
In this interview, Dr. Harding is
claiming that he spent two hours on the Pyramid of the Sun, which is
quite different from his statement in
Sarajevo , where he admitted that he spent only 15 minutes on one archaeological location. Mr.
Harding knows nothing about the Pyramid of the Moon, the network of
tunnels, the stone balls nor Dr. Barakat who spent 42 days researching
the archaeological locations in Visoko. Dr. Harding
knows nothing about the stone shrine in Gornje Vratnice but he still
firmly claims that everything is naturally made and “this is all
rubbish”.
In addition to this, he is relying on
the Bosnian experts but when asked about professor Imamovic, who is
supposed to be one of the leading Bosnian experts, Professor Harding
claimed that "Imamović is not the professor, nor the archaeologist".
This interview shows his arrogance and lack of the manners.
DR. HARDING: IMAMOVIC IS NOT THE PROFESSOR NOR THE ARCHAEOLOGIST!
Theresa Dolores & Dr. Harding interview
T.
D; Can you please wait for a moment, let me just set my recorder. For
the record, can you please tell me what it is that you for a living
please?
Harding; I teach archaeology at the
University of
Exeter in the
UK .
T. D; OK. The subject that we will be talking about is the allegedly pyramids in
Bosnia and Herzegovina . As much as I am aware, you visited the location in question and can you please tell me what you observed over there?
Harding- Yes,
I visited the location, one of the locations, because I was on my way
to Sarajevo about the different matter, all together, and I heard about
some crazy ideas, about the pyramids in Bosnia, and in order to avoid
the charge of having condemned something we haven’t seen, I and my
colleagues called in about the hill in question, Visocica, and we saw
trenches that have been opened and we saw the exposure of natural
rocks.
T.D.- Ok, can you tell me the names of your colleagues you just mentioned?
Harding; I
mean, this is all in a public domain already but I was there with my
colleague Frederick Novakovic from Ljubljana and my colleague Sovijak
F. from Prague.
T. D; OK. What can you tell me about the underground tunnels that they are talking about?
Harding; NOTHING
T. D. Nothing ? OK. I have another question for you; can you tell me why is Plesavica or the Moon Pyramid, or whatever they call it, is terrace like shaped?
Harding; I don’t know anything about that.
T. D; OK. Based on what I have seen on the pictures on their web- site www.piramidasunca.ba
I have seen the blocks that look like tiles, and on top of that, they
have the same wavy pattern and texture as on location in Gornje
Vratnice- the alleged temple. Can you give me your opinion on that?
Harding; There
are many things in a natural world that look as artificial but anyone
with any experience of archaeology or geology can tell apart the works
of nature from the works of humans, and in this case, what looks like
the paving or the paving strata, I can assure you that they are
entirely natural in origin.
T. D; OK. Can you tell me what those hills are?
Harding; Excuse me ?
T. D.; Can you tell me what do you think those hills are?
Harding; The hills?
T. D. ; Yes, those hills?
T. D.; Ok. I have the next question Dr. Harding. Can you tell me how are they made?
Harding; We
are talking the geology here. I am not the geologist. You have to ask
the geologist how the geological formations get formed.
T. D. OK. What can you tell me about the stone balls?
Harding; About what?
T. D.; About the stone balls.
Harding; The stone balls?
T. D: Yes, about the stone balls which they are finding in
Bosnia .
Harding; I am afraid that I know nothing about the stone balls.
T. D. Well, I have been looking on their website and I have seen the stone balls and I saw…...
Harding; If
you are looking on their web-site, I mean, you know; I would like to
ask you why are you looking on their web-site? Why don’t you do a
little research and find out what actually happens in pre-history. I
mean, these people are crack-pots and if you go to every “crack-pot”
web-site and take what they say is true, you know, you may as well go
to the world of “total fantasy”.
T.D. Can you tell me what you think about the Professor Enver Imamović from
Sarajevo ?
Harding;. I really don’t have an opinion about him. He is not a professor anyway; is he?
T.D. Yes he is.
Harding; Of course he is not!
T.D. He is also an archaeologist.
Harding; He is not an archaeologist.
T. D. OK. I would like to ask you when did you visit
Bosnia ?
Harding; Last June.
T.D. Can you give me your opinion about the Egyptian expert, Dr. Ally Barakat ?
Harding; I am afraid that I cannot, I don’t know him.
T.D. I am just asking, since I know that he spent 42 days there, conducting the analyses. He is a geologist……..
Harding; I don’t know but I am very suspicious about it.
T.D. Can you tell me why you are so suspicious about it?
Harding; He is not someone with the background with this type of work, as far as I know
T.D. Professor Harding, I have
the information that he spent 42 days there; he conducted many analyses
and confirmed the existence of the pyramids in
Bosnia .
Harding; hee.., hee . I think you have to look more into his pedigree.
T.D. Ok I have read somewhere that he has about 35 years of experience and that’s why I wanted to hear your opinion.
Harding; I know nothing about him.
T.D; OK I have another question.
Harding; Let it be the last one , I’ve got things to do.
T.D. OK. You said that you visited
Bosnia last June?
Harding; Yes
T.D. Can you give me any evidence
that you actually did some research work there, to make sure that those
hills are hills instead of the pyramids?
Harding; Yes, I used my eyes.
T.D. Your eyes?
Harding; Yes, my eyes, and they are very good actually.
T.D. II am sorry, can you tell me how long where you there for?
Harding; I was there for a couple of hours.
T.D. Just for couple of hours? I am sorry, here is the last question. Why should someone believe you, you spent there only couple of hours? There
were many archaeologists and geologist who spent a lot more time there
and they are claiming something completely the opposite from what you
just told me.
Harding; Because
trained archaeologist, which I am and Mr. Osmanagic isn’t, can easily
tell, very quickly and it is the matter of 2 or 3 minutes to tell if
something is natural or artificial. I mean, I know
that for nonscientific people this fact doesn’t mean much but that’s
the case here. Anyone with any knowledge about the geology knew
immediately that these claims about the pyramids were just rubbish. I
mean, it does not take much to learn and to know that, and a little bit
of reading about the real experts in
Bosnia , the experts who know what they are talking about. They are
people with the experience and you will see that the claims about the
pyramids in
Bosnia have to be complete rubbish.
T.D. Dr. Harding, I was basing it on Dr. Barakat and the fact that he
spent 42 days there. He comes from the land of the pyramids...
Harding; I will for sure see what I can find out about Dr. Barakat and I will see what his pedigree is. OK?
T.D; OK, Thank you very much for you time.
Harding: Good bye.
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