Egyptian Expert Backs Osmanagic's Bosnian Pyramid Claim
Posted on May 22, 2006
The Associated Press reports that Dr. Aly Abd Alla Barakata says the Visocica Hill is probably a primitive pyramid. Barakata is an Egyptian geologist and the first expert from Egypt to see the hill.
"My opinion is that this is a type of pyramid, probably a primitive pyramid," said Dr. Aly Abd Alla Barakata, a geologist from the Egyptian Mineral Resource Authority.There has been some skepticism about the hill and about Semir Osmanagic himself so it is good to see that more experts are visiting the hill and giving credence to Osmanagic's claims. You can read more about the Bosnian pyramid here in an earlier post and on BosnianPyramid.com. BosnianPyramid.com also has some new pictures of those ancient stone balls discovered in the same region as the Visocica Hill.Barakata is the first expert from Egypt to visit the Visocica hill and offer an opinion on whether huge stone slabs excavated on the site could form the sloping sides of a massive step pyramid.
Semir Osmanagic, an amateur Bosnian archaeologist who has been investigating Latin American pyramids for 15 years, claimed last year that the Visocica hill, about 20 miles northwest of Sarajevo, is a pyramid. If correct, it would be the first ancient pyramid ever found in Europe.
Osmanagic's team, made up mainly of volunteers, began excavations last month on the 2,120-foot hill. The team found that Visocica has 45-degree slopes pointing toward the cardinal points and a flat top. Under layers of dirt, workers discovered a paved entrance plateau, entrances to tunnels and large stone blocks.
