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ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSPersepolis Fortification Archive: Oriental Institute Tablets and Rubin v. IranRubin tried to break up the loaned Persepolis tablets to pay a judgment. The Supreme Court left the archive immune.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSChromosome 2 FusionGenome papers read human chromosome 2 as a fusion of two ape chromosomes; creationist researchers dispute that reading.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSJericho’s Walls: Kenyon, Wood, and Radiocarbon Calibration FightsKenyon dated Jericho’s fall away from Joshua. Wood pushed back. No conquest stamp.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSÇatalhöyük: From Mellaart’s Fame to Hodder’s Reflexive DigÇatalhöyük: Mellaart to Hodder’s reflexive dig—documented Neolithic urbanism, not goddess absolutism.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSThe Piri Reis Map1513 Topkapı portolan is MoW heritage. Ice-free Antarctica/Atlantis captions stay contested.
HISTORICAL EVENTSThe 1991 Gulf War Oil Well FiresEPA interagency monitoring and DoD GulfLINK reports document the sabotage burn—and the contested smoke-risk ledger.
The Bronze Age CollapseA single Sea Peoples race, comet, or quake was offered as the whole cause. The record is overlapping failures.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSPiltdown Man: Anatomy of an Archaeological Hoax1912 Geological Society dawn-man; 1953 museum exposure; 2016 RSOS names Dawson. Documented fraud.
RELIGIONEl Ovni de Belén: The Star of Bethlehem as CraftThe book calls Bethlehem's star a craft; Matthew calls it a star, and the printings do not agree.
ESPIONAGEActive MeasuresActive measures meant forgeries and influence desks—not every bad headline. FRUS and CSI kept the receipts.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSShinichi Fujimura and the Japanese Paleolithic Planting Scandal5 Nov 2000 cameras caught Fujimura planting Paleolithic finds—textbook invalidation, facts only.
AVIATIONX-20 Dyna-Soar: The Cancelled Boost-Glide SpaceplaneMcNamara killed X-20 on 10 December 1963 for mission definition—not because boost-glide physics suddenly died.
SCIENCE & SPACEChallenger Crew: The SurvivorsPosts say the Challenger crew lived on; NASA's record says the seven died.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSStaffordshire Hoard: Detectorist Find, PAS, and the Anglo-Saxon Gold ShockStaffordshire Hoard: detectorist → PAS/Treasure → museum custody; documented Anglo-Saxon find trail.
FINANCE & BANKINGRolls-Royce Bribery Deferred Prosecution AgreementsSFO and DOJ DPAs put intermediary bribery into agreed Statements of Facts—court admissions, not a jury.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYSatyam Computer Services FraudSatyam’s books showed cash and revenue that were not there. Raju confessed to keep the growth story.
HISTORICAL EVENTSUSS Scorpion (SSN-589) Disappearance ControversiesCourt said certain cause unascertainable. Acoustic critics fight the explosion language. Soviet-attack stays contested.
The Gateway ProcessThe CIA copy of the 1983 Gateway report lacked page 25, and the agency denied having it; the Monroe Institute did.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYTexaco/Chevron Lago Agrio Ecuador LitigationLago Agrio's U.S. file is Aguinda forum transfer, then fraud findings blocking enforcement.
ESPIONAGEThe Family Jewels: CIA's 1973 Self-Inventory of IllegalitiesThe CIA ordered a list of what might fall outside its charter, and the public did not get that list in 1973.