Truly, there are some people on the planet that will do whatever it takes to earn fame and money. They will even attempt to change the history just to be recognized. Many artifacts and antique hoaxes has been discovered throughout the history. All I can say specially to ordinary people like us, we are not archaeologists or scientists like them but be cautious to what they are declaring and discovering because you will always know and distinguish a real from the fake.Forgery or fooling people is also considered as crime when it comes to archaeology. Maybe the efforts and the scenes are for real but the evidence found in the dig sites will always speak for the truth. For this top ten article we are showcasing some of the world's famous archaeological hoaxes. Some of the hoaxes included for this top 10 are James Ossuary, Beringer's Lying Stones, The Calaveras Skull, Tiara of Saitaphernes, The Work of Shinichi Fujimura, Fiji Mermai, The Cardiff Giant, Piltdown Man, Shroud of Turin, and The Persian Mummy.
Now have some time to read and check out the 10 listed hoaxes below. Here are your top 10 strange archaeological hoaxes.
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TOP : 10
Hoax : James Ossuary
About : Ancient burial box with the inscription James, Son of Joseph, Brother of Jesus. Revealed to the press in 2002, most scholars believe it to be a modern forgery.
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| James Ossuary hoax |
TOP : 9
Hoax : Beringer's Lying Stones
About : In 1725 Prof. Beringer found outrageous fossils - in fact planted bu his ex-colleagues. He published a book on his discovery before realizing it was a hoax. His career was ruined.
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| Beringer's Lying Stones hoax |
TOP : 8
Hoax : The Calaveras Skull
About : Skull found in 1866 indicating that mankind hadn't undergone evolutionary change for over a million years. This practical joke is still cited by some as real evidence.
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| The Calaveras Skull hoax |
TOP : 7
Hoax : Tiara of Saitaphernes
About : Bought by the Louvre for 200,000 francs in 1896. After 6 years of debate about its origins. the artist who had made the fake came forward.
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| Tiara of Saitaphernes hoax |
TOP : 6
Hoax : The Work of Shinichi Fujimura
About : Archaeologist Fujimura was involved in 180 digs and his findings changed early Japanese history. Exposed as a fraud in 2000, he bought artifacts to bury at digs and would then discover them.
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| The Work of Shinichi Fujimura hoax |
TOP : 5
Hoax : Fiji Mermaid
About : Displayed by circus owner P.T. Barnum in 1882. Later found to be a fish tail, baby orangutan torso and head of a monkey stitched together.
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| Fiji Mermaid |
TOP : 4
Hoax : The Cardiff Giant
About : Petrified remains of a 10 foot giant found in 1869 and sold for $37,500. Revealed as a hoax by a tobacconist trying to prove how gullible the public was.
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| The Cardiff Giant hoax |
TOP : 3
Hoax : Piltdown Man
About : A skull with a large area for the brain, but primitive jaw. Found in the United Kingdom in 1912. Some 40 years later, it was found to be a human skull mixed with an ape's jaw.
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| Piltdown Man skull hoax |
TOP : 2
Hoax : Shroud of Turin
About : Shroud bearing Christ's image after the crucifixion. How it was made remains a mystery. Carbon dating indicates the cloth originates from some time between 1260 and 1390.
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| Shroud of Turin hoax |
TOP : 1
Hoax : The Persian Mummy
About : The 2,500 years old mummy of a Persian Princess discovered in 2000. A fake, it was concluded that the corpse had been murdered recently - possible for the hoax.
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| The Persian Mummy |
Data Sources :
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FpguA7Mksg
- BBC
- Daily Telegraph
- The Guardian
- The Archaeological Institute of America
- Huffington Post
- Time
- LA Times
- James Ossuary - www.jesusdysnasty.com
- Beringer's Lying Stones - www.history.howstuffworks.com
- The Calaveras Skull - www.commons.wikimedia.org
- Tiara of Saitaphernes - www.faberge-museum.de
- The Work of Shinichi Fujimura - www.radioscopio.iaa.es
- Fiji Mermai - Takeshi Yamada
- The Cardiff Giant - www.troytaylorbooks.blogspot.com
- Piltdown Man - www.telegraph.co.uk
- Shroud of Turin - www.impactoptics.com
- The Persian Mummy - www.creepypasta.wikia.com
Please be noted that the top 10 that we are including here in our blog are all unofficial rankings unless otherwise noted. Most of the top ten lists are based on Google search results and collected mainly from different blogs and websites around the internet world.
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