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1、PyramidSchemebyBethKampschrorHasaHoustoncontractordiscoveredtheworld'soldestpyramidinBosnia?Osmanagiccourtsthepress.(BethKampschror)DrivingtothetopofthepointyhillthatloomsaboveVisoko,some20milesnorthwestofSarajevo,isabitofahasslethesedays.Abrownsignpointsthewaytothemedievalruinsthatcapitspeak,an
2、dourcarcrawlsupthewindingmountainroad,dodgingconsiderabletraffic.Halfwayup,auniformedpolicemanstopsthecar."Doyouhaveapermit?"heasks.Thisiscrowdcontrol.Thousandsofpeoplearemakingapilgrimagetothishill,butthey'renotcomingtoseethestonewallsofmedievalVisoki,ortohaveavantagepointfromwhichtomarvelatthe
3、rebuildingthathastakenplacesincethe1992-1995war.They'recomingtolookat,orhelpdigup,apyramidintheheartofsoutheasternEurope.Orrather,fivepyramids.SosaystheBosnianexpatriateandself-styledresearcher,SemirOsmanagic,who'sleadingthedig.InApriloflastyear,theSarajevo-bornOsmanagicwasinVisokovisitingtheloc
4、almuseumdirectorwhenhehadanepiphany:Thelargehilloverlookingthetown,withitspyramid-likeshapeandsidescorrespondingwiththefourcompasspoints,isactuallytheBosnian"PyramidoftheSun."Hereckonedthatfourotherpointyhillsinthevalleyarethe"PyramidoftheMoon,"the"PyramidoftheDragon,"the"PyramidoftheEarth,"and,
5、atpresstime,anas-yet-unnamedpyramid.OnthestrengthofphotographsandhisunearthingofafewlargeblocksofconglomerateandsandstonethatareageologistssayareascommontoBosniaaslandmines,Osmanagicisconvincedhissix-monthdigisabouttorewritehistory."Ifthoseobjectsareacceptedbytheinternationalcommunityaspyramids,
6、whichIbelievetheywillbewithinsixmonths,allofasuddenyouhavesuchobjectsthatarebiggerthantheonesinEgyptor单位：湖北省荆门市 姓名：李国 E_mail：liguo619@sina.cominMexico,andsimplycertainperiodsinEuropeanhistorywillnothavetoberewritten,theywillneedtobedonefromscratch."Osmanagic,lookingeveryinchthemoviearchaeologist
7、incanvaspantsandboots,hisfairhaircoveredbyawide-brimmedhat,hasmanagedtoconvinceotherpeopleheretoo.Andnotjusttheseveralhundredvolunteers,mostlylocal,whohaveturnedouttohelphim."It'squiteobviousthatit'sman-madewhenonelooksatitf
