Styrofoam Mummy has stories of interest (I hope) to people interested in ancient China, Iraq, Egypt, Greece and Rome, biblical history, scientific detection of forgery, financial and tax shenanigans, archeological looting, practical tips on forgery, and, weirdly, geckos.

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I HAVE A COVER! And a pub date - July 6, 2027! If you want six true stories of antiquities fraud, from a California college convinced that Hong Kong tourist trinkets were worth millions, to an entire fake museum, to the titular mummy carved from styrofoam, preorder at www.amazon.com/Styrofoam-Mu...

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Later in the exchange, he wrote "there mint perfect" and "there hard to find cheap" my head ow ow my head

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Bluesky is once again accusing us of displaying salacious images to the public.

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Issue 48.19 is now online, featuring: @torilmoi.bsky.social on Fredric Jameson @geoffmann.bsky.social on prediction markets @deborahfriedell.bsky.social on Roy Cohn​ Iain Sinclair on J.H. Prynne Paul Keegan on Wayne Thiebaud and Aziz Huq on the US midterms. Read online now at www.lrb.co.uk

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