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"It is surprising that any sensible person
should have been for one moment deceived by so evident a fraud."
Morris
Jastrow, 1892 |
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"There is no question about the genuineness of
each and every article."
Daniel E. Soper, 1907 |
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It all began in the early 1890s with an unusual
discovery in Montcalm County: a small clay cup decorated with
strange symbols. Over the next 30 years, thousands of clay, slate,
copper and stone artifacts were unearthed in locations scattered around
the state. Front-page newspaper articles fueled the debate: Were these
"Michigan Relics" fakes or were they evidence of an ancient
migration from the Near East to Michigan? Find
the answer...
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This online exhibit presents selected sections of Digging
Up Controversy: The Michigan Relics, a past special exhibit of the
Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing.
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