Semir Osmanagic

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Semir Osmanagić (2014)

Semir Osmanagić (also known as Sam Osmanagich ; born June 1, 1960 in Zenica , Yugoslavia ) is a Bosnian building contractor and author of pseudoscientific works. He works as an amateur archaeologist and as such claims to have discovered pyramids in Bosnia-Herzegovina .

Life

Osmanagić was born in Zenica, Bosnia, at that time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . He spent his childhood and youth in Sarajevo . He worked his way up to managing director of the industrial company Met Company , which has also been active in the USA , Houston , since 1995 .

In April 2005 Osmanagić began on the 767-meter-high pyramid-shaped mountain Visočica in Central Bosnia with excavations . The amateur archaeologist then published a book in which he made the claim that Mount Visočica is home to a buried and overgrown pyramid inside, according to the supposed approving opinions of highly respected historians and archaeologists. Osmanagić added that it was one of a total of five ancient pyramids of enormous dimensions, including an extensive tunnel system. He named the strangely-shaped mountains Bosnian pyramids and set up the charitable foundation Archaeological Park: Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun to raise funds to help reinforce his theory. Osmanagić believes that once the pyramids are uncovered, they would be placed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. However, even after more than ten years since his theses were drawn up, there is no scientific evidence of this.

The researcher faced severe criticism several times. One of the greatest criticisms is probably the fact that some of the archaeologists mentioned by name by Osmanagić, who are said to have contributed to excavations and to reinforcing his theory, never wanted to have been to Visoko. In addition, he made himself unbelievable through his belief in divine energies inside the alleged pyramids as well as through his pseudoscientific views regarding the mythology of the Maya or the legend of Lemuria .

Osmanagić lives in Houston , Texas , where he works as a building contractor. He is married and has a son.

Fonts

  • Semir Osmanagić: Alternativna historija. Osmanagić, Sarajevo 2004, ISBN 9958-41-090-7 .
  • Semir Osmanagić: Svijet Maja: alternativna historija. Svjetlost, Sarajevo 2004, ISBN 9958-10-654-X .
  • Semir Osmanagić: Bosanska piramida Sunca. 2nd edition Klepsidra, Sarajevo 2005, ISBN 9958-9372-0-4 .
  • Semir Osmanagić: Kosmička misija Maja. Šahinpašić, Sarajevo 2005, ISBN 9958-41-115-6 .
  • Semir Osmanagić: Misteria Anasazija. Šahinpašić, Sarajevo 2005, ISBN 9958-41-116-4 .
  • Semir Osmanagić: Civilizacije prije početka "zvanične" historije. Šahinpašić, Sarajevo 2005, ISBN 9958-41-117-2 .
  • Sam Osmanagich: The world of the Maya. Gorgias Press, Euphrates 2005, ISBN 1-59333-274-2 .
  • Semir Osmanagić: Bosanska dolina piramida. Naučna argumentacija za postojanje prvog Evropskog piramidalnog kompleksa. Mauna-Fe, Sarajevo 2006, ISBN 9958-9252-1-4 .
  • Semir Osmanagić, Rita Mills: Pyramids around the world & lost pyramids of Bosnia. Archeological Park Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation, Sarajevo 2012. German edition: Sam Osmanagich: The pyramids of Bosnia & all over the world. Why we need to change our historiography. AMRA, Hanau 2014, ISBN 978-3-95447-160-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Irna: Semir Osmanagic - (Le site d'Irna). Retrieved November 7, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Sam Semir Osmanagich. Retrieved November 7, 2018 .
  3. ↑ ERICH RATHFELDER: The secret of Visočica . In: The daily newspaper: taz . September 16, 2006, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 1004–1005 ( taz.de [accessed November 7, 2018]).
  4. ^ Indiana Jones of the Balkans: The Great Pyramid of Bosnia . In: The Independent . ( independent.co.uk [accessed November 7, 2018]).
  5. ^ Tera Pruitt: Addressing Invented Heritage: The Case of the Bosnian Pyramids . ( academia.edu [accessed November 7, 2018]).
  6. ^ Daniel Uosukainen: Pseudo-science, Public Participation and Established Academics - A Struggle for Scientific Authority in the Visoko Valley. BA Cultural Anthropology & Development Sociology, June 13, 2013, accessed November 7, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Osmanagic, Semir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Osmanagich, Sam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bosnian author, pseudoscientist, amateur archaeologist and building contractor
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Zenica , Yugoslavia