The Chronicle of Higher Education

Israeli Academic and 4 Others Are Accused of Forging Inscriptions on Antiquities

By HAIM WATZMAN

Jerusalem

An investigation of artifacts that were purported to be the work of ancient Israelites led last week to the indictments here of five alleged members of an antiquities forgery ring, including a doctoral student at the University of Haifa. But some scholars say that the exposure of the forged...

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