Archaeologists on trial for fake artifacts. I can understand the motivation, greed is the most powerful force in the Universe. Still, for archaeologists, you'd think they'd come up with better fakes. [livescience.com]
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.That is sad, and also dumb. For archeologists you’d hope that get their scripts chronologically correct.
Creating false archeological documentation is shocking. It can totally skew years of academic research.
Six years as rubble movers on an Egyptian tomb dig seems a more appropriate penalty. Why waste $100,000 a year on these charlatabs?
Geoffrey51
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Feb 9, 2020
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Whether it be "religious relics" such as pieces of the original cross that supposedly Jesus was crucified upon, or the "Shroud of Turin", religion has been actively engaged in passing off artifacts as original items. Not to be outdone, Classical archaeologists have a long history of pushing the limit of scientific pedagogy by claiming items or locations purported to be proof of biblical truth.
Another problem that is equally insidious is not passing off artifacts as real, but instead, using church finances to loot and pillage prehistoric sites. Elders of the Mormon Church have, for decades, looted Mimbres prehistoric villages for Mimbres ceramics, which have brought 100's of millions of dollars to the church coffers. Their pot hunting have decimated and destroyed important archaeological sites throughout the Southwest U.S.
t1nick
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Feb 9, 2020
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