09-04-2011, 10:21 AM
A Swiss exhibition consists of archeological scams. I would love to see this.
Spiegel
Quote:"L'âge du Faux" ("The Age of Forgeries") brings one into a shadowy world of criminal artists, dealers in stolen goods and scientists so filled with ambition that they quickly allowed themselves to be fooled.
Quote:This gold helmet, crafted by the well-known forger Israel Rouchomowsky at the end of the 19th century, is considered his best work. It is embellished with scenes from Homer's Iliad, and bears an inscription claiming it was a gift from the Greek Black Sea colony of Olbia to the Scythian king Saitaphernes.
Spiegel
David J. Cord
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