Friday, 21. April 2006
Church Sign Generator

Ever seen those signs in front of churches with the moveable letters? Ever wanted to rearrange the letters to make your own church sign? Well, now you can.

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Church Sign Generator

You've seen them - the signs in front of churches, with a witticism or a pun that made you groan. I think they're hilarious, often unintentionally so. I've decided to start collecting the ones I see around Austin and on the web.

Real Church Signs

Category: Games & Humor |




Bosnian Pyramid

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The Bosnian 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 Tvrtko of Kotromanic (1338-1391). 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 are also a three smaller pyramids on the site, the Bosnian Pyramid of the Moon ('Bosanska Piramida Mjeseca'), Bosnian Pyramid of Earth, ('Bosanska Piramida Zemlje') and Bosnian Pyramid of the Dragon ( 'Bosanska Piramida Zmaja').

'We have already dug out stone blocks which I believe are covering the pyramid', said Semir (Sam) Osmanagic, a Bosnian American archaeologist who has spent the last 15 years studying the pyramids of Latin America. 'We found a paved entrance plateau and discovered underground tunnels'.....



Visit the official website: The first European Pyramid. (English)
Perhaps if archaeologists excavated the Pyramid Mounds of Xian, China, they'd find similar things?
More news as I get it.


UPDATE 26.04.06 @ 12.47 Uhr

Interesting views from other blogs:

Final thoughts on Bosnian pyramid by Archaeoastronomy. (English)

Pulls together various pieces of information: Trampling history by The Accidental Weblog. (English)

Cabinet of Wonders has a critique of the Bosnian 'pyramid' excavation: Pyramid? I see no pyramid here. (English)

And in the News:
Amateur to dig on site of medieval capital in search of Bosnia's own Valley of the Kings by The Art Newspaper. (English)
The bizarre claims of Semir “Sam” Osmanagic, a Texas-based businessman who believes he has discovered four pyramids at Visoko in Bosnia, are causing serious concern among Bosnian archaeologists and academics as official and popular support mounts for a five-year excavation programme, due to begin this month.

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UPDATE 01.05.06 @ 17.28 Uhr

Executive and online editor of Archaeology Magazine Mark Rose writes a scathing editorial on Semir Osmanagic and the Bosnian Pyramid. Yes, Semir is an amateur, but he has professional archaeologists excavating the site. Rose conveniently fails to mention that.


UPDATE 05.05.06 @ 12.59 Uhr

Bosnian Pyramids: Great Discovery or Colossal Hoax? by LiveScience. (English)
Some critics have gone as far as to call the pyramid an absurd publicity stunt.
But Osmanagic stands by his claim.
"They are jealous," Osmanagic told LiveScience in a telephone interview. "These people are going crazy because they've been teaching students that these [Bosnians] were cavemen, and all of a sudden they are finding complex structures here."


UPDATE 16.05.06 @ 12.59 Uhr

Some See a 'Pyramid' to Hone Bosnia's Image. Others See a Big Hill. by New York Times. (English)
Archaeologists and historians inside and outside Bosnia are appalled, insisting it is simply a peculiarly symmetrical bit of geology. But pyramid fever is spreading through the country.

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Largely uncritical television and newspaper reports have made the photogenic Mr. Osmanagic a national celebrity, and volunteers are flocking to Visoko hoping to help uncover the Pyramid of the Sun, a prehistoric edifice that will redeem the country by giving it a glorious and important past.



UPDATE 19.06.06 @ 13.16 Uhr

Bosnia "Pyramid" Not Human-Made, U.K. Expert Says by National Geographic. (English)

Speaking at a press conference in Sarajevo, Anthony Harding told reporters the pyramid-shaped hill was a natural phenomenon.
"My opinion and the opinion of my colleagues is what we saw was entirely geological in nature," the AFP news agency quoted him as saying.

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"Further work of the same kind would simply produce the same results. I don't think it would change any view about what the nature of the hill is," he said.

Also
Bosnian "Pyramids" Update by the Archaeological Institute of America. (English)
Growing questions and increasing criticism, geological grandstanding, UNESCO, and more ...

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And
Bosnians unite in pyramid selling that pays off for all by The Telegraph. (English)
There is just one thing missing from Bosnia's so-called Pyramid of the Sun, acclaimed by some as the most important archaeological discovery in Europe for more than a century - a pyramid.
Mr Osmanagic, who also runs a machine tools company in Houston, Texas, said: "This project means tourism will boom and Bosnia will open up to the world." There is no doubt the 46,000-strong community near the pyramids has profited from the influx of visitors, with shops offering an array of tacky pyramid souvenirs and T-shirts.



UPDATE 29.06.06 @ 13.16 Uhr

For those following the Bosnian Pyramid controversy make sure you check out Astraea Magazine's page devoted to the subject. The Astraea team are posting exclusive audio interviews/updates from Semir Osmanagic regarding his alleged discovery and subsequent excavation, and also are providing video and PDFs related to the subject.


UPDATE 18.07.06 @ 14.28 Uhr

The possibility of European pyramids is like London busses: you wait for centuries, and all of a sudden, two come along at the same time: in early 2003 in Italy, and in 2005 in Bosnia. After less than one year’s of scientific analysis, the Bosnian pyramid is already identified as an artificial structure, thus finally providing proof that Europe does have a pyramid past.

Europe’s pyramid history unveiled by Philip Coppens. (English)


The story will continue ...

Related Blog Entries:
The Bosnian Pyramid Mystery
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Archaeological Park: Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation
Category: Buildings & Places | New Legends & Claims |




Hot News or Hoax?

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Japanese researchers find new giant picture on Peru's Nazca Plateau by Mainichi Daily News. (English)
A new giant picture on the Nazca Plateau in Peru, which is famous for giant patterns that can be seen from the air, has been discovered by a team of Japanese researchers. The image is 65 meters long, and appears to be an animal with horns. It is thought to have been drawn as a symbol of hopes for good crops, but there are no similar patterns elsewhere, and the type of the animal remains unclear.

DEUTSCH: Riesiges Linienbild in Peru entdeckt von Spiegel Online. (German)
Ein 65 Meter langes Bild in der Wüste Perus haben japanische Forscher entdeckt. Es besteht aus Linien, die sich über die Oberfläche der Nazca-Ebene ziehen. Diese ist berühmt für ihre Linienzeichnungen, sogenannte Geoglyphen. Die nun entdeckte Figur sei aber bislang übersehen worden, teilte Masato Sakai von der Yamagata University in Tokio mit.
Bild: Geoglyph - Die Figur im Süden des Nazca-Plateaus ist nur aus der Luft zu erkennen.

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Rock maps revise Martian history by BBC News. (English)
Mineral maps based on data from Europe's Mars Express probe are helping scientists piece together a detailed picture of the Red Planet's history. Life on Mars was most likely during the planet's infancy, the data suggest.
And: Mineral Maps Re-Draft Martian History. (English)

DEUTSCH: Mars-Oberfläche seit Jahrmilliarden lebensfeindlich von Spiegel Online. (German)
Die Chancen, auf der Oberfläche des Mars jemals Spuren von Leben zu finden, sinken gegen Null: Der Rote Planet ist neuen Erkenntnissen zufolge seit wenigstens 3,2 Milliarden Jahren staubstrocken. Im Innern des Planeten aber vermuten Forscher noch immer Lebensformen.

Opening the Wisconsin X-Files Wausau by Daily Herald. (English)
If you believe the stories, Bigfoot could be stomping around the woods of north central Wisconsin right now, and a werewolf could be following in its tracks. But you probably don't believe the stories. There are, however, so many tales of the large hairy beast and the four-legged wolf-bear, and they come from such a variety of sources, that it's likely you've at least wondered about the creatures.

Book Says Indigo Kids May Have Telepathic Abilities by Star-Telegram. (English)
The term "Indigo" has been used since the late '90s to describe smart, willful children who some believe are destined to teach the world about honesty, love and tolerance. They have strong behavior patterns, say proponents of the label, and some say they have unusual and striking dark-blue auras.

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