Bosnia was dragged into the Atlantis debate in 2006 when a self-styled archaeologist, Semir Osmanagic, claimed that he had discovered five pyramids in his ancestral Bosnia near the town of Visoko. His claim received widespread media coverage and sparked a debate that continues today.

The Atlantis connection emerged from the belief of Osmanagic that the original ancestors of the Maya, Basques and other ancient peoples were descended from the peoples of Atlantis and Lemuria whose founders arrived on earth from the Pleiades. According to Osmanagic’s strange logic this gives the ‘pyramids’ of Bosnia an Atlantean pedigree.

Fortunately, Mark Rose, who published a critical review^(a) of Osmanagic’s weird ideas in Archaeology magazine, was also widely quoted, adding some balance to the debate.

A more sober attempt to link the Bosnian region with Atlantis has been made by Fatih Hodzic^(b). Part of his theory attempts to identify the thousands of stone blocks or ‘stecaks’, spread widely in Bosnia, as remnants of Atlantean buildings. His ideas are interesting but unconvincing.

^(a)  http://by114w.bay114.mail.live.com/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0

^(b) http://en.atlantida.spletnestrani.com/atlantida/