Case file · Folklore / legend
The Glozel finds
From 1924, a farmer's family at Glozel near Vichy unearthed tablets with an unknown script, carved bones and pots, claimed as a Neolithic writing system.
1924 CE · 46.03, 3.54 · status: disputed
The account
An international commission called the site fake in 1927 and police raided the museum. Later dating gave a confusing spread from the Iron Age to the Middle Ages.
The sceptical view
Most archaeologists consider Glozel a fraud or a mixture of genuine and forged material.