Editing Archaeological forgery (section)

==Known archaeological forgeries and hoaxes==
[[File:Piltdown man.jpg|thumb|The [[Piltdown Man]] skull, a famous [[Paleoanthropology|palaeoanthropological]] hoax]]
* [[Grave Creek Stone]], "discovered" in 1838
* [[Kinderhook plates]], "discovered" in 1843
* [[Calaveras Skull]] ("discovered" 1866), purported to prove that humans lived in North America as early as the [[Pliocene]] Epoch (5.33–2.58 [[Myr|MYA]])
* [[Cardiff Giant]] ("discovered" 1869), carved [[gypsum]] statue presented as a petrified man, over {{Convert|10|ft|m}} tall
* [[Davenport Tablets]] (discovered 1877–1878), ornately carved slate tablets of purported Native American origin, but dubious authenticity
* [[Michigan relics|Michigan Relics]], "discovered" in 1890
* [[Tiara of Saitaferne]] in Louvre, which announced its acquisition in 1896
* [[Mummy forgeries#Mississippi State Capitol forgery|"Egyptian mummy" ca. 1898]], purchased from the estate of [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Colonel Breevoort Butler in the 1920s, the "mummy" was found to be a wooden frame covered with [[Papier-mâché|papier-mache]]; it is on display at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, Mississippi with its true nature openly revealed
* [[Piltdown Man]], "discovered" in 1912
* [[Etruscan terracotta warriors]] purchased by New York's [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] from 1915 to 1921; announced as forgeries in 1961
* [[Drake's Plate of Brass]] (discovered 1936), purported to have been left by [[Francis Drake]] after landing in Northern California in 1579
* [[Japanese Paleolithic hoax]], starting in the 1970s
* [[Persian Princess]], forged ancient mummy, possible murder victim,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Romey |first1=Kristin M. |last2=Rose |first2=Mark |date=January–February 2001 |title=Special Report: Saga of the Persian Princess |url=http://www.archaeology.org/0101/etc/persia.html |url-status=dead |journal=Archaeology |publisher=Archaeological Institute of America |volume=54 |issue=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118222027/http://www.archaeology.org/0101/etc/persia.html |archive-date=2012-11-18 |access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref> found in 2000