Re:'Dead Sea Scrolls' at museum turn out to be forgeries
by jfengel on Friday March 13, 2020 @03:42PM
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They clearly did hide things with their previous scandal about smuggled Iraqi artifacts. In this case it was less about hiding things and more about their desire to acquire showy artifacts being more important than authenticity or scholarship.
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Re:'Dead Sea Scrolls' at museum turn out to be forgeries
by James_Henry on Friday March 13, 2020 @04:24PM
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There isn't a ton of evidence that they weren't just naive with the Iraqi scandal. Also, they seem to have changed a lot for the better as explained by the last section of the article.
They seem to be handling what have clearly been a great number of serious consequences due to previous mistakes, and sure, maybe initial greediness, with great integrity now.
I quoted some of the article that points this out lower in the comments as well.