Sunday, August 08, 2004

Fit for a Pharaoh: 'fake' vase is 5,000 years old

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=548420
An unusual predynastic vase in Harrogate Museum, originally part of a private collection, which has long been thought to be a fake has been scientifically tested and found to be the real thing. The reason it was thought to be fake was because of the uncharacteristic nature of the decoration, but it has now been dated to around 5000 years old (just before the unification of Egypt under one king).

I would dearly love to go and have a look at it, but Harrogate is just a bit too far off the beaten track for one vase, although the rest of the collection does look excellent. A photo is currently being shown at: http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART23385.html

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