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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Photo: Pyramid in Bosnia -- Huge Hoax or Colossal Find?


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A souvenir seller sorts out clay pyramids bearing the name of the central Bosnian town of Visoko on April 13, 2006.

The announcement by Bosnian-American Semir "Sam" Osmanagic that a Visoko hill is hiding an ancient pyramid has sparked a wave of tourism to the once war-torn country.

But professional archaeologists are denouncing the idea as "absurd," saying that the excavation of the hill could destroy bona fide archaeological sites in the area.

Photograph by Hidajet Delic/AP