Re: The Vinland Map's Ink

On 28 Apr 2005 17:06:14 -0700, "Ken Towe" <ken.towe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Ok, I hear you. But, you haven't answer my questions.
>
>Given your exceptionally cautious stance about a forgery, but applying
>what you DO know (your current understanding of the ink), what specific
>evidence leads you to believe that the Vinland Map might be authentic?

If your questioned is confined to the ink, I know nothing which
suggests that the VM is genuine.

>
>Mr. Stevens...Come on now. If you are going to maintain that nobody has
>convinced YOU that it is a fake then nothing anyone can say will ever
>be on the record from you to support it, apart from your suggestion
>that Jim Enterline's hypothesis be discussed. We have done that. Tell
>us, please, irrespective of the Enterline hypothesis, why you think it
>might be authentic? Surely, you have SOME reasons to believe that the
>ink is authentic, don't you?
>

See above.




Eric Stevens

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