Bentresh t1_j3r7825 wrote on January 10, 2023 at 2:57 PM

Reply to comment by Mando_Brando in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom

On the contrary, there are hieroglyphic texts that are probably forgeries. A granite bowl of Horemheb published by Donald Redford is now thought to be a forgery, and the inscribed statue of Tetisheri in the British Museum is generally believed to be a forgery as well.

Most forgeries are a pastiche of genuine inscriptions, which can make them difficult to detect at first glance.

TechnicalVault t1_j3rrgxm wrote on January 10, 2023 at 5:06 PM

Exactly, wherever there is money there is always going to be forgeries. Egyptomania in the Victorian era for example drive the creation of plenty of fakes. Sometimes it wasn't even about the money, take the Piltdown Man for example, for Dawson it was just about being famous.