The Bakouira Cross: Found in Morocco in the 1970s, this stone slab bore a Latin cross and inscription claiming a Christian presence in North Africa in 578 CE, which was plausible. But the real controversy involved surrounding stones with bizarre carvings—maps of the Americas, pyramids, and spaceships—allegedly proving ancient global knowledge. These were later exposed as modern engravings made with metal tools. The cross may be genuine, but the associated “artifacts” were hoaxes, likely created to attract tourism or support fringe theories. The Bakouira Cross episode shows how a single authentic object can be embedded in a web of deception, misleading even cautious researchers.
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