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...high--a third taller than Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza--and was built about 12,000 years ago by an unknown civilization. Other experts are skeptical. "More likely," says UCLA archaeologist Willeke Wendrich, "this is a case of Europeans around 6 A.D. with a bit of Egyptomania." Visoko's people see the pyramid, authentic or not, as a marketing opportunity. Mugs, key chains and slippers, left, are available. One of the most popular products is a T shirt that reads I HAVE A PYRAMID IN MY BACKYARD...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bosnia's Pyramid Scheme | 4/23/2006 | See Source »

...compilation of women's writings on cinema before 1950, and The Cine-Sphinx, a book-length study of Egyptomania in cinema...

Author: By Joseph P. Chase, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: VES Visitors | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

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