Afarensis is a 3.5-2.8 million year old hominin from the Kada Hadar member of the Hadar formation in the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. He is approximately 41 inches tall, weighs approximately 60 pounds and has a cranial capacity of a whopping 410 cc (approximately). Afarensis is currently considered to be transitional between apes and humans and displays some traits of both. Since he spends a lot of time on the couch watching monster movies, some observers question whether he is an obligate biped (although no one has observed him climbing a tree). He also has a blog called 
Really, don't tell Coturnix! According to MSNBC UNESCO is sending a team to investigate:
"We shall send a UNESCO expert team to Visoko to determine exactly what it is all about," UNESCO Secretary General Koichiro Matsuura said in an interview published Monday in the newspaper Dnevni Avaz.
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Aly Abd Barakat, an Egyptian geologist sent by Cairo to assist Osmanagic's team last month, has said that the Visocica hill did appear to be a primitive human-made pyramid of uncertain age. Barakat said huge stone blocks found on the three sides of the hill used the same type of artificial cement used in ancient Egyptian pyramids.Osmanagic's team is also investigating the Pljesevica hill -- which he calls the Moon Pyramid -- as well as underground tunnels that he believes connect three pyramids.
The researchers say they also have found a sandstone monolith in the underground tunnel with enigmatic symbols engraved on it, which will be sent to Egypt for analysis.
Then comes the most bizarre statement of all:
Osmanagic, who studied pyramids in central America for the past 15 years, said that satellite and radar analyses have revealed a geometry governing Visocica shape, as well as an alignment of its sides with four cardinal points.
WTF? Studied pyramids in central America for 15 years:
Ordinary watchmakers repair our watches and put them into accordance with Earthly time. It is my theory that the Maya should be considered watchmakers of the cosmos whose mission it is to adjust the Earthly frequency and bring it into accordance with the vibrations of our Sun. Once the Earth begins to vibrate in harmony with the Sun, information will be able to travel in both directions without limitation. And then we will be able to understand why all ancient peoples worshipped the Sun and dedicated their rituals to this. The Sun is the source of all life on this planet and the source of all information and knowledge. ...And with a frequency in harmony, the Earth will, via the Sun, be connected with the center of our Galaxy. These facts become exceptionally important when we realize that we are rapidly approaching December 2012, a date which the Maya have marked as the time of arrival of the Galactic Energy Cluster which will enlighten us.The descendants of the Maya, the Lacandon Indians in Chiapas were discovered in the mid-twentieth century. This isolated community showed a surprising similarity to the Basque and Berber peoples (most probable descendants of the natives of Atlantis).... In the sacred Mayan book, the Popul Vuh, there are descriptions of cosmic travelers, the use of the compass, the fact that the Earth is round, and knowledge of the secrets of the universe.... The Mayan hieroglyphics tell us that their ancestors came from the Pleiades... first arriving at Atlantis where they created an advanced civilization.
Many cultures around the world, from India, Sumeria, Egypt, Peru, the Indians of North and Central America, the Inca and the Maya, call themselves the "Children of the Sun" or the "children of light." Their ancestors, the civilizations of Atlantis and Lemuria, erected the first temples on energy potent point of the Planet. Their most important function was to serve as a gateway to other worlds and dimensions.
Who the hell is MSNBC Reuters trying to kid? And why are they making it seem like Osmanagic actually knows something about the Mayan pyramids?
Comments
Huh!?
Posted by: coturnix | June 8, 2006 9:12 PM
My first thought was 'Great, they are sending UNESCO. They might get to the bottom of it" Then I read the part abou 15 years studying central American pyramids and spewed coffee all over my keyboard...
Posted by: afarensis, FCD | June 8, 2006 9:40 PM
What a waste of a good cup of joe!
In the last month or so, I can only picture Graham Hancock standing in front of Robert Bauval in their pseudoarchaeological board meetings with clenched fists saying, "crap, crap, crap! Why didn't we find this one!?"
Stone blocks on the side of a hill imply the hill was man-made? Sounds like a fortified hill to me... it's not like *that's* never been done before.
Posted by: cfeagans | June 9, 2006 1:24 AM
Or "Why didn't we hire Osmanagic when we had the chance?"
I make my coffee really strong so I am surprised it did not eat through the keyboard. I'm also surprised the keyboard is still working...
Posted by: afarensis, FCD | June 9, 2006 2:14 AM