03-17-2012, 02:33 AM
Quote:Has anyone ever come across any fake footnotes in ancient history books?Yes. I am currently discussing one. Because it is may be an intended fraud, I cannot now offer details.
I am also aware of a medieval archaeologist who quoted fake articles from non-existing journals to prove that the so-called Castle of Amsterdam was not as old as it was (according to everyone else).
On a les serious, well, note: in a paper about Apollonius of Tyana for a small group of scholars, I included a reference to Rowlingerus, J.K. (1897), De Philosophi Lapide, which was recognized.
During my study, I wrote another paper about Apollonius and included, in a list of references to articles by Ewen Bowie, another fake reference. After discussing the paper, my teacher, Jaap-Jan Flinterman, just dryly noted that he was under the impression that I had not quoted Bowie, D. (1972), Z. Stardust and the Spiders of Mars.
