{"id":282,"date":"2021-05-07T05:58:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T05:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/meidum-geese.jpeg"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:04:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T19:04:40","slug":"meidum-geese","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/meidum-geese\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Meidum Geese<\/em>"},"author":9137,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/meidum-geese.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/meidum-geese-300x127.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/meidum-geese-300x127.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/meidum-geese-768x325.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/meidum-geese.jpeg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" style=\"width:100%;height:42.34%;max-width:770px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For decades, the <em>Meidum Geese<\/em>, supposedly uncovered in the tomb of Pharaoh Nefermaat, was lauded as \u201cEgypt\u2019s Mona Lisa\u201d and celebrated for its detail and symmetry. However, a recent analysis by archaeologist Francesco Tiradritti has revealed that the painting, which was originally dated between 2610\u20132590 BCE, is most likely a 19th-century forgery. Tiradetti first grew suspicious of the work after realizing it included images of birds that likely did not exist in Egypt at the time of the work\u2019s supposed creation, and a number of other anomalies, including what appears to be the monogram of the Egyptologist who \u201cdiscovered\u201d the work, have only confirmed these suspicions. <\/p>\n<p><em>By Whitney White<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<p>Blakemore, Erin. \u201cThis Ancient Egyptian Masterpiece Might Be Fake.\u201d <em>Smithsonian<\/em> (1 April 2015). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/ancient-egyptian-masterpiece-might-be-fake-180954822\/\">https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/ancient-egyptian-masterpiece-might-be- fake-180954822\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p><em>Meidum Geese<\/em>, painted plaster, supposedly from the Tomb of Nefermaat and Itet, Meidum, Egypt, c. 2610\u20132590 BCE or 19th-century forgery. Cairo: The Egyptian Museum. <\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":770,"height":326,"file":"2021\/05\/meidum-geese.jpeg","sizes":{"medium":{"file":"meidum-geese-300x127.jpeg","width":300,"height":127,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/meidum-geese-300x127.jpeg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"meidum-geese-150x150.jpeg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/meidum-geese-150x150.jpeg"},"medium_large":{"file":"meidum-geese-768x325.jpeg","width":768,"height":325,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/meidum-geese-768x325.jpeg"},"full":{"file":"meidum-geese.jpeg","width":770,"height":326,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/meidum-geese.jpeg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/meidum-geese.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}]}}