Hw Berlin Mttsetmi bought sonic years ago In Jerusalem, for atat2B,ooo lhalers, him Moabite antiquities, the age of whkh was pretended to amount to 2,500 jmta. It has turned oat now that these monuments are not genuine, but probably lb* work of a potter atfll living in Jerusalem. The inscriptions on tie different TMta, plates, and statues are said to be jBOMOBKt, although the letters are very dfriiiwrt. Two learned antiquaries in Bade have just published an interesting •Wnwat proving the fraud. Great indignation ia naturally expressed in scientific ehrdhiM Berlin, especially as amongst aoylairtdns of the last fetr years other floniafeifti an supposed to east.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 8, 1 May 1876, Page 4
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106Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 8, 1 May 1876, Page 4
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