Bosnian pyramids
Have you heard about the pyramids supposedly found under hills in Bosnia? The mainstream press has given the story little coverage, but if it proves to be true, it could turn everything we think we know about European prehistory upside down.
The man who discovered them claims that satellite images, thermal analysis and radar studies have been performed at the site, all independently confirming the existence of pyramid-shaped architecture . . . More importantly, he said, the tests suggest that the layout could not have been man-made.
The problem, of course, is that many archaeologists are dismissing the discovery as either a hoax or a misinterpretation. And to be fair, not enough is yet known about the hills to say definitively if they are a pyramid.
Still, the possibility is tantalizing, to me at least. I am a big believer that the story we tell ourselves about our ancient past is only partial. There is a lot we do not know about our own origins. Therefore, most of what we accept as givens and facts are really just theories.
Thus, I am skeptical of criticisms like this: "Clearly there are voids or something similar in the rock, but that is a long way from saying these are man-made," said Anthony Harding, president of the European Association of Archaeologists.
Or this: "Europe was in the late Upper Paleolithic at this point and no one was building anything except flimsy huts," Harding said.
Or this: It adds insult to injury when rich outsiders can come in and spend large sums pursuing their absurd theories (the construction of a colossal pyramid so large that it dwarfs even those of Egypt or Mesoamerica? 12,000 years ago?), in ways that most other countries would never countenance," Harding wrote in an April 25 letter to the editor of The London Times.
All I'm suggesting is that mainstream science is very often hidebound and resistant to any idea that is outside their defined boundaries of accepted truth. We live, however, in a time of paradigm shifting. Soon, I think we might be humbled by what we don't yet know about ourselves and our history.
These pyramids may be mere misinterpretations, but why not investigate them first before passing judgment, simply because it threatens our cherished world view?
The link: http://www.livescience.com/history/060504_bosnia_controversy.html
The man who discovered them claims that satellite images, thermal analysis and radar studies have been performed at the site, all independently confirming the existence of pyramid-shaped architecture . . . More importantly, he said, the tests suggest that the layout could not have been man-made.
The problem, of course, is that many archaeologists are dismissing the discovery as either a hoax or a misinterpretation. And to be fair, not enough is yet known about the hills to say definitively if they are a pyramid.
Still, the possibility is tantalizing, to me at least. I am a big believer that the story we tell ourselves about our ancient past is only partial. There is a lot we do not know about our own origins. Therefore, most of what we accept as givens and facts are really just theories.
Thus, I am skeptical of criticisms like this: "Clearly there are voids or something similar in the rock, but that is a long way from saying these are man-made," said Anthony Harding, president of the European Association of Archaeologists.
Or this: "Europe was in the late Upper Paleolithic at this point and no one was building anything except flimsy huts," Harding said.
Or this: It adds insult to injury when rich outsiders can come in and spend large sums pursuing their absurd theories (the construction of a colossal pyramid so large that it dwarfs even those of Egypt or Mesoamerica? 12,000 years ago?), in ways that most other countries would never countenance," Harding wrote in an April 25 letter to the editor of The London Times.
All I'm suggesting is that mainstream science is very often hidebound and resistant to any idea that is outside their defined boundaries of accepted truth. We live, however, in a time of paradigm shifting. Soon, I think we might be humbled by what we don't yet know about ourselves and our history.
These pyramids may be mere misinterpretations, but why not investigate them first before passing judgment, simply because it threatens our cherished world view?
The link: http://www.livescience.com/history/060504_bosnia_controversy.html
It takes great organization and labor, raw numbers of people to build anything like an Egyptian pyramid. Where is there evidence of any people on that scale and why would they build. It may not be a matter of opening up our minds, it may be a matter of discovering an enormous amount of new evidence that can even begin to shift our ideas about prehistory.
Not much at the moment to merit serious discussion.
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Unless of course, they clear away the earth and discover a pyramid under that hill. Then, oh what a discussion, there will be.
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