The inscription on a Persian pottery shard bearing the name of Darius the Great was declared fake. An expert revealed that she altered the artifact at an Israeli site.
, told officials that she had scratched the words into pottery as a demonstration while explaining to students how artifacts were historically inscribed.
She said that she then left the altered piece at the site where a Canaanite city once stood, about 40 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem, the Antiquities Authority said. Israel found that the inscription bearing the name of Darius the Great on a Persian pottery shard was inauthentic. Authorities said they determined the misidentification of the artifact had come about"unintentionally and without malice" but described the expert's decision to leave behind the newly inscribed shard as"careless." The piece of pottery was examined in labs and found to be ancient, creating confusion.
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