Archaeological forgery is the manufacture of supposedly ancient items that are sold to the antiquities market and may even end up in the collections of museums. It is related to art forgery, and can o
The Gosford Glyphs, a set of forged Egyptian-style hieroglyphs in Australia
The Piltdown Man skull, a famous palaeoanthropological hoax
Head of Gudea, ruler of Lagash, a Confiscated forgery; head of the Sumerian ruler Gudea. Sold as a genuine ancient Mesopotamian piece and now held at the Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.
America's Stonehenge is a privately owned tourist attraction and archaeological site consisting of a number of large rocks and stone structures scattered around roughly 30 acres within the town of Sal
Archaeological forgery
…Two arrowheads from South Shetland Islands, planted to convince scientists that indigenous peoples of the Americas once crossed the Drake Passage. America's Stonehenge Bat Creek inscription…
Some of the rocks at America's Stonehenge.