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Bosnian Pyramids
I've had a look at the site, and the first thing which caught my attention was "Archaeologist Semir Osmanagic"
This is the same guy who is described as a businessman and author on the other site. Maybe his degree has just arrived in the mail. If you google him, he is variously described as an "archaeologist" an "amateur archaeologist", a "researcher", an "explorer"....
The excitement seems to emanate more from the potential marketing and tourism opportunities than the strength of the actual evidence. Sadly, because of the troubles in recent times, the local economy is probably desperately in need of a boost. There also seems to be a lot of cultural pride involved, and judging by the guestbook, there is a nasty little dispute over whether Bosniaks, Turks or Serbs can claim credit for the achievement of having built the thing.
The "Statements from prominent archaeologists from around the world" turn out to be from exactly two archaeologists, one of whom thinks the structures could be "monumental elite tombs from the pre-Roman period", which fits in quite comfortably with the accepted history of the area, but he doesn't mention pyramids. The other, an Egyptian scholar, thinks that it's possible there are pyramids, but is skeptical about them being more than 7000 years old, as claimed.
Not exactly a rousing endorsement from the global intellectual community - lukewarm at best.
The photos are all incredibly lame. They could be of absolutely anything.
Then again, as you say, who knows what evidence may turn up - it certainly seems to be a large scale project. I'll certainly watch the developments with interest.
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