Unearthing museum fakes is critical for setting the historical record straight

Malcolm Choat; Rachel Yuen-Collingridge

Unearthing museum fakes is critical for setting the historical record straight

Malcolm Choat, Rachel Yuen-Collingridge

Department of Ancient History

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Abstract

Analysing fake artefacts helps historians to understand the motivations and environments that give rise to forgeries.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Lighthouse
Publication status	Published - 2 Nov 2018

Keywords

papyrus
forgery
fakes
Museum collections
papyrology
Constantine Simonides
ethics
provenance
scientific processes
Manuscripts (Papyri)

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