Izmo Guglich Affair

The "Bosnian Pyramid" Project: Izmo Guglich Affair is a hoax by a blogger known as Izmo Guglich [ [http://izmo-ekspert.blogspot.com Izmo Guglić - Ekspert ] ] perpetrated on the pseudoarchaeological project of Semir Osmanagic, a Texas-based metal-worker who claims to have found ancient pyramids in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

In February 2008, Izmo Guglich submitted two papers of nonsense camouflaged in pseudoscientific and New Age jargon, signed by a "Dr.Phil. Amer Kovacevic", for publication on Semir Osmanagic's web site [ [http://www.piramidasunca.ba/en Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation - Home ] ] , as an experiment to see if that web site, claiming to be dedicated to serious and scientific geo-archaeological research of Bosnia-Herzegovina's cultural and historical heritage, will accept it for publication. [ [http://irna.lautre.net/A-new-expert-for-Mr-Osmanagic-s.html [Le site d’Irna A new "expert" for Mr. Osmanagic's Foundation! ] ] On personal recommendation from Semir Osmanagic, both articles were published immediately [ Bosnian Lilly: One Opinion in Support to Semir Osmanagic's Theses (translation of the Bosnian title), http://www.piramidasunca.ba/ba/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1621&Itemid=113 and Bosnian Medieval Tombstones: Guide to the Reading of Bosnian Pyramids (translation of the Bosnian title), http://www.piramidasunca.ba/ba/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1634&Itemid=113] and one of them subsequently translated into English by his staff member. [ [http://www.piramidasunca.ba/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1044&Itemid=26 Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation - BOSNIAN STECCI: THE REFERENCE TO BOSNIAN PYRAMIDS ] ] This was followed by publishing of another similar article, written by Mr. Osmanagic's associate Davorin Vrbancic, clearly inspired by the nonsense written by "Dr.Phil. Amer Kovacevic". [ [http://www.piramidasunca.ba/ba/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1640&Itemid=26 Fondacija “Arheološki park: Bosanska piramida Sunca, Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation - BOSANSKE PIRAMIDE NA STEĆCIMA ] ] Since Izmo Guglich announced on his blog that both articles were a hoax and that a "Dr.Phil. Amer Kovacevic" is a fictitious person, there was no reaction from Semir Osmanagic's project web site nor were those articles removed from it.

The "Bosnian Pyramid" Project: Izmo Guglich Affair goes in the same category of efforts such as the Sokal Affair or the Project Alpha, devised to expose pseudoscientific conduct.

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