A genuine Indiana Jones tale…

Posted On: Mar 22nd, 2018 at 15:13

Turkey
An infamous text which was written on stone in the Luwian language, and which only 20 scholars today can read the extinct language, has been considered by some to be a modern forgery.
The reason for the forgery idea is based on the fact that no evidence of the original exists because the stones were used to build a mosque in the 19th Century. Because the only copied texts existed on the estate of deceased archaeologist James Mellaart, the man who discovered Çatalhöyük, himself a very controversial figure, is the reason for the suspicion. However, many of those involved point out that Mellaart is not one of those that can decipher Luwian, let alone write a complex and lengthy script.
It seems to me there’s enough evidence to conclude an original piece, because you’d have to ask the question – who forged the script and why? And why wasn’t it released to the public? There seems little point in creating a forgery without releasing it to the public since the main reason for creating forgeries in the first place is for fame and / or money.
Either way, this story does read like an Indian Jones script. What do you think?

https://www.livescience.com/60629-ancient-inscription-trojan-prince-sea-people.html