Tucson Artifacts
"The Tucson artifacts, sometimes called the Tucson Lead Crosses, Tucson Crosses, Silverbell Road artifacts, or Silverbell artifacts, were thirty-one lead objects that Charles E. Manier and his family found in 1924 near Picture Rocks, Arizona which were initially sometimes thought to be created by early Mediterranean civilizations that had crossed the Atlantic in the first century, but were later determined to be a hoax."
- Text from Wikipedia entry for "Tucson artifacts" (accessed 11/1/2015) [links added]
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Blog Posts and Articles
- "Is Early Medieval Latin the Key to Unlocking the Tucson Lead Artifacts?" (Jason Colavito, 4/11/2016)
- "'Tucson Artifacts' Suggest Tucson Roman Colony" (Mark Duggan, Arizona Public Media, 3/15/2013)
- "American Unearthed: Lead Crosses of Tucson" (W. Blake Heitzman, 2/28/2013)
- "1996: Geologist Confirms Tuscon Artifacts Fake, Caliche Formed in Just "Hours"" (Jason Colavito, 2/25/2013)
- "The Dinosaur on the Tucson Artifacts" (Jason Colavito, 2/24/2013)
- "Review of America Unearthed S01E10 "The Desert Cross"" (Jason Colavito, 2/23/2013)
- "Solved: The Roman Jews of Tucson" (Chris Hardaker, 10/9/2010)
- "Romans in Tucson? the Story of an Archaeological Hoax" (Don Burgess, Journal of the Southwest, 3/22/2009)
- "A Reputation in Ruins" (Peter Gilstrap, Phoenix New Times, 3/21/1996)
