September 5, 2021 01:08 pm GMT
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New analysis confirms Vinland map drawn with modern ink, is fake as heck
The Vinland map is a purportedly 15th-century document depicting the coastline of North America decades before it was charted by John Cabot. A new scan shows conclusively that it is a hoax: the ink used to draw it is of modern manufacture, and old text on the map's parchment was scraped off or obscured to conceal its original placement within the binding document. — Read the rest
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