DECLARATION 

 
 
We, the undersigned professional archaeologists from all parts of Europe, 
wish to protest strongly at the continuing support by the Bosnian 
authorities for the so-called “pyramid” project being conducted on hills at 
and near Visoko.  This scheme is a cruel hoax on an unsuspecting public 
and has no place in the world of genuine science.  It is a waste of scarce 
resources that would be much better used in protecting the genuine 
archaeological heritage and is diverting attention from the pressing 
problems that are affecting professional archaeologists in Bosnia-
Herzegovina on a daily basis. 
 
 
 
Professor Hermann Parzinger, President, German Archaeological 

Institute, Berlin 

Professor Willem Willems, Inspector General, Rijksinspectie Archeologie 

(RIA), The Hague 

Dr Jean-Paul Demoule, President, Institut nationale de recherches 

archéologiques préventives (INRAP), Paris 

Professor Romuald Schild, Director, Institute of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 

Professor Vassil Nikolov, Director, Institute of Archaeology, Bulgarian 

Academy of Sciences, Sofia 

Professor Anthony Harding, President, European Association of 

Archaeologists, c/o Institute of Archaeology, Czech Academy of 
Sciences, Prague 

Dr Mike Heyworth, Director, Council for British Archaeology, York 
 
 
 
11 December 2006