The Mystery Of Bosnia's Ancient Pyramids By Colin Woodward

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The article entitled “The Mystery of Bosnia’s Ancient Pyramids is written by Colin Woodward, a freelance writer living in Maine. The article is based on how researches from particular field can oppress experts who are dubious about new findings of an amateur archeologist. The article discusses how Sam Osmanagich, an amateur archeologist, made some discoveries about the world’s oldest pyramids in the Balkans. Throughout his profound researches, accompanied by some professional archeologists, Sam Osmanagich claims that these pyramids are not works from the Mother Nature. After analyzing some core samples from other mountains in the area, he says the results correspond to the same composition found in these pyramids. The amateur archeologist …show more content…

He gives thorough information about Bosnia’s history and its past wars. He wrote this article to inform readers about these ancient pyramids and how different people perceive this matter. Colin Woodard’s information is based on people’s feelings towards Sam Osmanagich’s discoveries and is also based on a scientific process involving projects, and analysis of core samples from the pyramids. Colin’s attitude towards this discovery of these pyramids is neutral. He is neither with, nor against people who refute Sam’s projects. The choices of his words depend on his descriptions of a particular case. For example, when Colin talks about Bosnia’s war, he uses depressing, hateful words. However, when he introduces the media’s positive remarks about Sam’s project, he uses happy, joyful words. The article is not based on one particular word choice. The author is not sarcastic because throughout the article, he didn’t intent upon “tearing apart” Osmanagich’s discussion. He didn’t mock nor deride any of the amateur’s discoveries. Throughout the article, Colin wasn’t trying to be humorous, although he mentioned humorous quotes from other archeologists who thought that Sam’s discoveries are a terrible joke. The dominant tone words used in the article are formal, objective, and

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