# European Pyramid Found? In Bosnia? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299 "2005-10-28T12:17:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299/1 "2005-10-28T12:17:43Z")
Here are 3 newslinks– [http://www.nbc4.tv/irresistible/5181909/detail.html](http://www.nbc4.tv/irresistible/5181909/detail.html) [http://www.fena.ba/uk/vijest.html?fena\_id=FSA314092&rubrika=ES](http://www.fena.ba/uk/vijest.html?fena_id=FSA314092&rubrika=ES) [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/622605](http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/622605) Apparently, they are located in central Bosnia. Constructed of stone, they are covered in earth. They have not been opened by the team, as yet. This is quite startling, as the pyramids are 2.300 feet high! Some of the stairs have been excavated. ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299/2 "2005-10-28T12:43:45Z")
According to the article linked from the second link in the OP this is on the occasion of promoting a book on these pyramids, and additional would “would depend on additional funds”. Grounds enough for taking this with a grain of salt IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299/3 "2005-10-28T12:51:15Z")
> [@tschild](#): > > According to the article linked from the second link in the OP this is on the occasion of promoting a book on these pyramids, and additional would “would depend on additional funds”. Grounds enough for taking this with a grain of salt IMO. Possibly, yet **all** archaeologists are perpetually short of funds. It’s a given. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299/4 "2005-10-28T13:42:38Z")
Another link. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4377290.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4377290.stm) Scroll down The earlier height I proved was actually the height of the hill. Pyramid height is 100 meters, & there is evidence of rooms & a causeway. ---
**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299/5 "2005-10-28T14:54:38Z")
Why the insistence on calling it a ‘pyramid’? In what way is its shape pyramidical? If, on the other hand, it’s a ‘pyramid’ because it’s a man-made structure containing a burial, then (1) there’s no evidence (so far) that it does contain a burial and (2) that would make it a ‘tumulus’, not a ‘pyramid’. But then ‘European tumulus found?’ doesn’t have quite the same hype potential. Then there are all the as-yet unanswered questions? Is the hill man-made or has it just been altered? Do the ‘sandstone slabs’ form a structure or are they, well, just sandstone slabs? How big are the ‘stairs’? Have they actually found ‘ancient labyrinths’, ‘rooms and a monumental causeway’, or do they just have some indistinct geophysics results? Do they have any dating evidence at all? And who the hell thinks that ‘pyramids were always built in pairs’? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299/6 "2005-10-28T15:35:44Z")
It’s the remains of a Sampo. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299/7 "2005-10-28T15:54:09Z")
😕 What’s a Sampo? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299/8 "2005-10-28T16:04:37Z")
It’s when they let you try things out at the gwocery stow. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299/9 "2006-04-18T12:54:32Z")
Excavation begins at Bosnian Pyramid site. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4912040.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4912040.stm) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299/10 "2006-05-05T19:12:12Z")
The mainstream archaeological community is apparently unanimous in [opposing Semir Osmanagic’s claims.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12635805/?GT1=8199) The linked article contains what I presume to be an error (emphasis mine): > [@](#): > > Satellite images, thermal analysis and radar studies have been performed at the site, all independently confirming the existence of pyramid-shaped architecture, according to Osmanagic. More importantly, he said, the tests suggest that the layout _could not have been man-made_. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299/11 "2006-05-05T20:09:36Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > 😕 > > What’s a Sampo? Exactly! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299/12 "2006-05-05T20:11:27Z")
Aliens! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-pyramid-found-in-bosnia/328299/13 "2006-05-05T20:18:19Z")
Leave it to **Miller** to mess up a joke. :mad: 😉