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Piltdown forgery --- History.

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Piltdown forgery --- Piltdown man --- Forgery of antiquities --- Fossil hominids --- Piltdown forgery.

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Piltdown was the archaeological site in Sussex where, in 1908 and 1912, human, ape and other mammal fossils were found together. The Piltdown 'man' was, however, exposed as a fraud in 1953. One of the scientists who discovered this fraud, J.S. Weiner shows in this work how he came to uncover it.

Piltdown forgery. --- Piltdown man --- Forgery of antiquities --- Fossil hominids

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The art world is a multi-billion-dollar industry which captures world headlines on a regular basis, for both good and bad reasons. This book deals with one of the most-discussed areas of controversy: high-profile objects that have experts arguing about their veracity. Some may have been looted, others may be fakes, some may be heavily restored or misattributed. Often, in these cases, analytical science is called on to settle a dispute. The authors of this book have decades of experience in this field, working on a range of objects dating from prehistory to the twentieth century. They present seven of the most famous cases from the Getty Kouros to the Turin Shroud – some of which are still contested, and examine how a few words from a connoisseur or scientist can make a virtually valueless object worth hundreds of millions. And vice versa.

Forgery of antiquities. --- Art --- Antiquities --- Forgeries. --- Valuation. --- Piltdown forgery --- Getty kouros (Statue) --- Holy Shroud