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What are the famous archaeological fraud events in ancient history?
Archaeology is not actually a grave robbery as we ordinary people imagine, but it has more profound significance.

For example, we can explore the development level of economic civilization at that time by studying the architectural structure and artifacts placed in ancient tombs, and we may also find human remains that we have not yet discovered, which is also of great significance to human development.

There are indeed some archaeological fraud incidents in history, the most famous of which is the Mayan crystal skull incident.

Maya civilization has always attracted much attention, mainly because many predictions handed down by the Mayans have been realized, which shows that the Mayans are very clever, and it is understandable that we modern people are so curious about them.

British explorers found this skull, which is made of a whole piece of crystal, and it is very exquisite in workmanship, which can't help but arouse people's speculation. Are the Mayans really that smart and advanced? But most people still believe that the technical level of the Mayans is really that high, and there are even rumors that the Mayans have some connection with aliens.

However, in 2005, British and American experts identified the crystal skull and found that it was made by a modern jeweler, not a Mayan cultural relic.

This is actually a lie that the discoverer lied for the benefit at that time.

Indeed, such a lie will bring great benefits for a while. At present, there are still many acts of copying cultural relics for profit, which have been repeatedly banned and brought great impact to human civilization.

We should stand on the overall situation and do things that really benefit human civilization.