Egyptomania, clever copies, and "travel souvenirs -- The first quality fakes : the beautiful Tetisheri in the British Museum and other pastiches -- Some masterpieces of Upper Egyptian forgeries -- Fakes inundate the European market : Ludwig Borchardt's revelations -- The "new schools" of fakes : Scultore Amatore and restoration/forgery in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo -- Oxan Aslanian, the master of Berlin -- A new source of inspiration for forgers : the rediscovery of Amarna art -- The Louvre, Amarna, and art deco -- The Mansoor affair or the riddle of the lost sculptor's workshop -- The scandal of the Necho scarabs -- In the wake of Ludwig Borchardt and the techniques of modern detection -- Forgery today : from the Nile to the Thames -- Copies, restorations, and composite statues -- The Djehuti dish : the "false fakes."
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