The Field Museum, Chicago is showing off a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age sword that was once believed to be a replica.
The story typically goes something like this: A priceless object on display for decades at the museum has now been revealed to be a fake.
"Sometimes they seem to commemorate a treaty - literally, sometimes they are burying the hatchet: You'll get a deposit of hatchets that are brand new," Parkinson said. Parkinson said a friend visiting Chicago from the Hungarian museum last summer identified the clerical error with the sword. Testing confirmed the mistake, Parkinson said.
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