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Archaeological forgery is the manufacture of supposedly ancient items that are sold to the antiquities market and may even end up in the collections of museums. It is related to art forgery . A string of archaeological forgeries have usually followed news of prominent archaeological excavations .
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Archaeological forgeries (2 C, 55 P) Pages in category "Archaeological forgery" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The 1972 novel by Irving Wallace, The Word concerns archaeological forgery, the finding and translation of a supposed lost gospel by James the Just, close relative of Jesus Christ, as part of a large project to be published as a new Bible that would inspire a Christian revival, but which is possibly a forged document. [22]
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Historical forgery may refer to: Archaeological forgery , the creation of false artifacts Literary forgery , in the context of the creation of false or misattributed historical texts
The consensus among most all early scholars who assessed the relics was that they were archaeological forgeries, based on the following evidence: The hieroglyphs were stamped cuneiform characters in random order. The figures on some of the discoveries included lions with no tails, an omission which would not have occurred by "primitive" artists.
A forgery produced by woodblock printing by Islam Akhun and sold to George Macartney in Kashgar, 1896. Islam Akhun and his colleague continued to sell items to the British and Russian consuls. By this time, they had started to produce woodblock prints as it increased production.