Bosnian pyramid update Andie over at Egyptology News Blog sent a couple of links over on the recently discovered "pyramid" in Bosnia:
Gigantic ancient pyramid in Europe managed to escape experts’ notice
Archaeologists working in Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, about 20 miles northwest of Sarajevo, discovered what might prove to be a European pyramid four times taller that the Great Pyramid of Egypt.
Bosnian archaeologist Semir Osmanagic, in an interview with the Associated Press, cautioned against jumping to conclusions, but preliminary investigations suggest some ancient culture, perhaps the Bronze Age Illyrian people, carved a natural hill into a pyramidal shape. The hill is 2,120 feet high and, according to Osmanagic, has "all the elements" of an artificial structure: "four perfectly shaped slopes pointing toward the cardinal points, a flat top and an entrance complex."
The pyramid also has its own web site: BosnianPyramid.com:
The Bosnia Pyramid, Visocica Hill, is the first European pyramid to be discovered and is located in the heart of Bosnia, in the town of Visoko. The pyramid has all the elements: four perfectly shaped slopes pointing toward the cardinal points, a flat top and an entrance complex. There are also the ruins of a Medieval walled town, once the base of a Bosnian king. Because of its similarities to the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, it has been named the “Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun” ('Bosanska Piramida Sunca'). There is also a smaller pyramid on the site, the Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon ('Bosanska Piramida Mjeseca ').
Not sure about all of the claims being made about this thing (or these things as the case may be). At base, they seem to be naturally conical-shaped hills that were modified in some degree to be more pyramidal in shape. The latter link above has several photos of the area. We'll just have to wait until more detailed analyses are done on the structures to decide just what the heck they are and to what degree they were modified.