Let’s see them work out that lot

How to confuse an archaeologist

The skull of a rare Dodo skeleton—one of only 12 in existence—at Portsmouth Museum. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images)

In May of 2006, the following letter appeared in The Irrigator, a weekly newspaper serving the area of Leeton in New South Wales, Australia. It was written by a reader named Oscar Brittle¹.