An American in Bosnia

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Trek to Osijela Hill in the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids, March 3, 2015

Textured clay construction stones were found on March 3, 2015 on Osijela Hill, which had been thought to be a simple clay quarry for the construction of the pyramids and other structures in the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids in ancient times.

Was the hill itself constructed?

"Saturday, October 3, 1992 -- Attack on our lines on Osijela.
Everything shaking and reverberating from detonations. Danger sirens sound
as usual before they intend to attack. The attack stopped at noon. It started raining. . . .
Osijela, a hill above the town of Visoko, overlooking it.
This was where the line of separation was."

Milenko S. Milanovic

Slow Dying: The Bosnian War Prison Camp at Visoko -- Diary and Testimonies

Please Note:
Land mines may still exist on or near Osijela Hill.
Do not attempt archaeological study at this location.

One of hundreds of ancient textured construction
stones found on Osijela Hill in the Bosnian
Pyramid Complex in Visoko, Bosnia, March 3, 2015

One of hundreds of ancient textured construction
stones found on Osijela Hill in the Bosnian
Pyramid Complex in Visoko, Bosnia, March 3, 2015 ***

Construction stones inclined into the structure,
Osijela Hill in the Bosnian Pyramid Complex
in Visoko, Bosnia, March 3, 2015

Constructed clay and claystone layers composing
Osijela Hill in the Bosnian Pyramid Complex
in Visoko, Bosnia, March 3, 2015

One of hundreds of ancient textured construction
stones found on Osijela Hill in the Bosnian
Pyramid Complex in Visoko, Bosnia, March 3, 2015

Detail of ancient textured construction
stone found on Osijela Hill in the Bosnian
Pyramid Complex in Visoko, Bosnia, March 3, 2015

Friday, April 3, 2015

The Wikinews Article that Wasn't: Wikinews Rejects Article about the Bosnian Pyramids: "Newsworthiness Not Established"

On March 28, 2015, I submitted an article to Wikinews detailing Dr. Paul LaViolette's public statements on the Bosnian Pyramid Complex.

On March 29, 2015, the article was rejected on several grounds, the primary one being lack of newsworthiness. (Please see the Wikinews editor's comments-in-full after the article below.)

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Dr. Paul LaViolette (right) visits Ravne Tunnel
Labyrinth with Dr. Semir Osmanagich (left) and
Valery Uvarov (center), September 2, 2014

American Scientist Dr. Paul LaViolette: The Bosnian Pyramid Complex Is "One of the Most Important Archaeological Excavations Going on at this Time on Our Planet"

Dr. Paul LaViolette, author of seven books in physics, astronomy, climatology, systems theory, and ancient technology, has claimed in an article published in a recent issue of Nexus Magazine that the Bosnian Pyramid Complex is "one of the most important archaeological excavations going on at this time on our planet."

Dr. LaViolette's controversial claim is an almost word-for-word restatement of his opinion offered five months earlier at a little-publicized press conference in Sarajevo that the Bosnian Pyramid Complex is "probably the most important archaeological discovery in the world."

Dr. Paul LaViolette speaking at ICBP 2014
in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, September 6, 2014

Dr. LaViolette joins a growing number of independent researchers who, after visiting the archaeological sites in and near Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, have publicly defied the more conservative view of mainstream academic archaeologists that ancient pyramids cannot exist in Europe.

In his Nexus Magazine article, "New Findings at the Bosnian Pyramids Complex" (Feb-March), Dr. LaViolette writes: "Much misleading information has been posted on the Internet and printed in mainstream archaeological periodicals, claiming that the Bosnian pyramids are really just natural geological formations. Having now gone to  Visoko . . . I can say emphatically  that there is definitely  something fantastic being  excavated there and that everyone who has any doubts should take the trip and see for themselves."

Dr. LaViolette's visit to Bosnia coincided with the Fifth International Scientific Conference on the Bosnian Pyramids, also known as Hidden History Conference ICBP 2014, in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, held between August 31 and September 6, 2014. Although Dr. LaViolette was added to the speakers' list at the last minute, he was able to give a lengthy presentation on September 6 about how cosmic events may have influenced both the building and the burial of the pyramid complex.

Additional popular researchers voicing their support for the Bosnian Pyramids Project at the conference were South African stone circles researcher Michael Tellinger, Austrian ancient artifacts curator Klaus Dona, and Russian pyramids researcher Valery Uvarov.

Dr. Paul LaViolette (left), Klaus Dona (center),
and Michael Tellinger, at the entrance to Ravne
Tunnel Labyrinth, September 2, 2014

Dr. LaViolette visited Ravne Tunnel Labyrinth, a prehistoric tunnel system that winds beneath the Bosnian Pyramid Complex on September 2, 2014, and he visited the Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun on September 3, 2014.

Dr. Paul LaViolette on the Bosnian Pyramid
of the Sun, September 3, 2014

Dr. Paul LaViolette and other visitors listen to
Dr. Semir Osmanagic give a talk on the Bosnian
Pyramid of the Sun, September 3, 2014

As noted in a March 24, 2015 article in the Sarajevo Times, Dr. LaViolette claims that it was his visit to Ravne Tunnel Labyrinth that convinced him that an Ice Age civilization "built this underground complex as a protection from cosmic radiation which was bombarding the planet at the time."

Dr. LaViolette concludes his Nexus Magazine article with the statement that the Bosnian Pyramid Complex "shatters all concepts of human history. You can understand why the conventional archaeological community has frowned on this excavation project: the findings throw all of its carefully assembled theories out the window."

Dr. LaViolette's written statement in Nexus Magazine again echoes an oral statement he made at the Sarajevo press conference, that the Bosnian Pyramid Complex "completely pushes back the period of human civilization building large structures. . . . It really is going to completely rewrite the textbooks when finally the established scientific community accepts what is going on here."

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Below are the comments on the Draft Wikinews article by Wikinews reviewer Pi Zero.

Revision 3358434 of this article has been reviewed by Pi zero (talk · contribs) and found not ready at 00:02, 29 March 2015 (UTC).

Copyright: Not reviewed. Please address other issues.
Newsworthiness: Not ready: Not established; see below.
Verifiability: Not ready: See below.
NPOV: Not ready: See below.
Style: Not ready: See below.

Comments by reviewer:

A news article is built around a focal event which must be newsworthy. Newsworthiness (as you see at the link) consists mainly of the focus being specific, relevant, and fresh; see the link, WN:Newsworthiness. But here, the focal event doesn't appear to be specific in the sense of the page, either that or not fresh; it's something the individual has been saying for some time. And no reason is given why the event is relevant to a large number of people.
Wikinews policy forbids use of pay-to-read sources.
We don't use footnotes; the writer has been told this before. See WN:WRITE, or any of our articles published in the past few years. Also, when you create an article with any of our article-creation forms, it provides the skeleton of a couple of source citations.
News is objective. Wikinews is not a soapbox for arguing the legitimacy of fringe science. Not only does Wikinews neutrality forbid us from taking a position on controversial claims, but if there were a solid news story here, establishing its newsworthiness in the lede would not depend at all on the legitimacy of the fringe science involved.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Nine-Year Assault on the Bosnian Pyramids Project Ends with a Whimper: Dr. Robert Schoch Calls Pyramids Discoverer Dr. Semir Osmanagich's PhD "Suspect"

On the first day of spring, March 21, 2015, at the conclusion of the Bosnian Pyramids Spring Equinox Tour and Conference at Hotel Saraj in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Nigel Grace was kind enough to give a short interview to Archaeological Park Foundation, the Bosnian NGO nonprofit organization that oversees the archaeological project.

Nigel Grace, a friend of the ten-year excavation project in Visoko, Bosnia, has given numerous talks around the world about the Bosnian Pyramid Complex.

On the way to the 26th Annual Ozark Mountain UFO Conference in Eureka Springs, Arkansas on April 14, 2013, Mr. Grace shared a taxi with investigative reporter, Linda Moulton Howe, who was also giving a presentation.

Although Miss Howe had been told personally by her friend Dr. Robert Schoch that the Bosnian Pyramids Project is a hoax perpetrated on an unsuspecting public, she congratulated Nigel after his talk and said that he had "knocked the ball out of the ballpark" with a presentation documenting systematic, scientific, and important archaeology in Visoko, Bosnia.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Ancient Beauty, Modern Vandalism: The Stone Terraces of the Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon

by Jock Doubleday
March 11, 2015

The Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon

The terraces have been excavated in the last 10 years under the supervision of Archaeological Park Foundation, a Bosnian NGO nonprofit created by the discoverer of the Bosnian Pyramid Complex, Dr. Semir Osmanagich.

The Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon is the second tallest documented ancient pyramid in the world -- second only in height to a pyramid that stands across the Fojnica River from it: The Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun.

The Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun

The terraces of stone on the Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon, as I've said in recent videos shot here in the pyramid complex in 2014 and 2015, is the most beautiful stonework I've ever seen, ancient or modern.

Excavated stone terrace on the Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon

This structural stone terrace, inclined into the pyramid for strength, was never meant to be seen; it was buried under several meters of clay only recently excavated by diligent volunteers and employees of the Archaeological Park Foundation (Bosnian NGO nonprofit).

Ancient construction clay buries every unexcavated
stone terrace on the Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon

Yet this stonework, and these stones, are beautifully crafted, and the craftsmanship of these artificially made (poured) stones, and the engineering involved in creating the inclined terraces that spiral around the Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon between massive layers of clay, rival that of any stonework on earth.

Meters of construction clay purposely
buried ancient construction stones.

Although the stones making up the terraces on the Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon were never meant to be seen, the beauty of the terraces is undeniable.

Modern Vandalism

Unfortunately, people without any understanding of the importance of the first documented ancient pyramid complex in Europe have vandalized some of the stones terraces.

Construction stones displaced in modern times

People have also vandalized the stones themselves.

Modern graffiti on construction stones

Protection

To help protect these ancient stones from modern vandalism, please consider donating to the Archaeological Park: Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation, a Bosnian NGO nonprofit organization. Earmark your donation "Protection."

Donations can be made here.

Trek to the Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon

Resources

BosnianPyramids Youtube Channel playlist: "Scientific Videos 2014" (19 videos shot in 2014 officially for the Archaeological Park: Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation)

BosnianPyramids Youtube Channel playlist: "Scientific Videos Archive (2005 to 2013)" (48 videos shot between 2005 and 2013, inclusive)

Archaeological Park
(60+ videos shot beginning in June 2014)

"How Many Times Has Dr. Robert Schoch Been Wrong?" by Dr. Semir Osmanagich

The ten ancient structures so far discovered by Dr. Osmanagich in the Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids are the Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun, the Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon, the Bosnian Pyramid of Love, the Bosnian Pyramid of the Dragon, the Temple of Mother Earth, Vratnica Tumulus, Dolovi Tumulus, Ginje Tumulus, KTK Tunnel, and Ravne Tunnel Labyrinth.
Official site of Dr.sci Sam Semir Osmanagich, PhD.

Daily updates on archaeological progress in the Bosnian Pyramid Complex