Article Title

Early Study of Fraudulent 'Michigan Relics' Available

Authors

Keywords

Dr. James E. Talmage, Michigan relics, forgeries, Mormon Studies

Abstract

Now available from FARMS is a reprint of Dr. James E. Talmage's 1911 report that goes a long way toward exposing the "Michigan relics" as forgeries. From 1874 through 1920, hundreds of archaeologically anomalous objects-including tablets, tools, weapons, vessels, and ornaments-bearing crudely rendered inscriptions were reportedly dug up from various sites near Detroit, Michigan. The inscriptions somewhat resembled characters from cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and Greek, Hebrew, Assyrian, and Phoenician alphabets. Moreover, some of the objects contained pictographic representations that suggested ties to Hebraic peoples.

Recommended Citation

(2000) "Early Study of Fraudulent 'Michigan Relics' Available," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 20: No. 8, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol20/iss8/2