# Witzel 2000: Horseplay in Harappa: The Indus Valley Decipherment Hoax

> Michael Witzel, Steve Farmer, 2000. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The refutation of the horse-seal evidence.

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# Horseplay in Harappa: The Indus Valley Decipherment Hoax

Michael Witzel, Steve Farmer, 2000. _Frontline 17(20), 30 September to 13 October 2000_.

Shows that the "horse seal" in Rajaram and Jha's book is a computer-altered image of a broken unicorn-bull seal from Mohenjo-daro (M-772), and criticises the decipherment as a whole.

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## What it's used for here

The refutation of the horse-seal evidence.

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## Cite it

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Witzel, M., & Farmer, S. (2000). Horseplay in Harappa: The Indus Valley Decipherment Hoax. Frontline 17(20), 30 September to 13 October 2000. https://www.oocities.org/Athens/Parthenon/2104/horseplay.html
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