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Richard Bott

@richardbott.bsky.social
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ECR at Macquarie University writing about fakes, forgeries, provenance, museums, and the antiquities trade

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
New issue of The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Vol. 111, Nos. 1-2 (2025) journals.sagepub.com/toc/egaa/111... @suzannearnold.com @christianknoblauch.bsky.social @richardbott.bsky.social
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The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology - Volume 111, Number 1-2
Table of contents for The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 111, 1-2
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Richard Bott @richardbott.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
My new article, ‘Miscellaneous Fragments' and 'Specimens of the Faker's Art' Fake Papyri and the British-American Papyrus Syndicate, is out
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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
In the 14th century, someone who didn't have a highlighter handy thought to use octopus tentacles to mark the most important parts. I love it so much (Manuscript from the Bankcroft library, UC Berkeley)
An ancient manuscript. Along the left margin is a drawn-on octopus whose tentacles point out important sentences on the page.
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Q @gameovermike.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
"Recent investigations, however, have revealed that the skull fragments belong not to a Neanderthal but to a human from the early Middle Ages, making them much less significant" news.artnet.com/art-world/ar...
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Top German Archaeologist Accused of Faking Prehistoric Discoveries
German archeologist Axel von Berg was among the world’s most respected. Now, his historic findings are being called into question.
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Julien Cooper @juliencooper.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
An interview with the Director of Sudan Museums regarding the recent looting: theconversation.com/sudans-natio... - by myself & Richard Bott (Macquarie)
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Richard Bott @richardbott.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Our interview with Dr Ikhlas Abdel Latief, Sudan’s director of Museums, about the recent looting of the Sudan National Museum theconversation.com/sudans-natio...
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Sudan’s national treasures have been stolen – we spoke with the director of museums
The war in Sudan has seen the looting of the country’s museums. Heritage boss Ikhlas Abdel Latief speaks about the losses.
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Richard Bott @richardbott.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
www.occrp.org/en/news/ital... “The cross-border investigation uncovered additional workshops, yielding more than 1,000 counterfeit artworks and over 500 fake certificates and stamps of authenticity.” A friendly reminder that ‘certificates of authenticity’ provide little actual security
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Italian Authorities Charge 38 in $215M Art Forgery Ring
Italian authorities dismantle a forgery network selling fake works attributed to Banksy, Warhol, Picasso, and Miró, averting $215 million in potential losses.
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