5 ms·
It's one of several techniques they can apply, at least. I for one don't even know why there's a forgery market for ancient pottery, or that there's a market fo
by Cthulhu_ 8d ago
It's one of several techniques they can apply, at least. I for one don't even know why there's a forgery market for ancient pottery, or that there's a market for it.
- p-e-w 7d ago> I for one don't even know why there's a forgery market for ancient pottery Because people desire owning ancient pottery and are therefore willing to pay for it.
- charlieyu1 7d agoForgery is so ancient that we have forgery ancient items made in ancient times
- mschuster91 7d ago> I for one don't even know why there's a forgery market for ancient pottery People have paid top dollar for archeological artifacts for centuries. Humanity lost a lot of knowledge from graverobbers, illegal artifact hunting and unreported thefts of stuff getting exposed after stuff like forest fires.
- fn-mote 7d ago> Humanity lost a lot of knowledge from graverobbers […] Don’t forget the major scale destruction wrought by wars (religious and otherwise) - eg in the Middle East. You might also want to count cultural theft. (Where are the gates of Babylon now??)