Short description
Babylonokia is a clay artwork created in 2012 by Karl Weingärtner. Its photograph was later misleadingly presented as an archaeological find. ORF publicly reported the correction on 31 December 2015.
PRESS / EDUCATION
Media & education kit
A factual short brief for journalists, museums and educators.
Ready-to-use summary
“Babylonokia is a modern clay artwork, not an ancient mobile telephone. A fabricated discovery story spread online years after the work was created.”
Classroom activity
Compare the original image record with later claims. Identify what a source shows, what is attributed to it, and what remains unsupported.
Photo credit and reuse
Photograph: Karl Weingärtner / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Credit the creator, link the license and indicate any changes.
Third-party rights
Screenshots, logos and text published by other media do not automatically inherit the photograph’s license. Confirm reuse rights before reproducing them.