Hollywood Stone

Record summary

The Hollywood Stone is a nineteenth-century Maryland object associated with claims that an inscription demonstrated an ancient Old World presence in North America. It belongs to the broader family of American inscribed stones whose contexts were reported by antiquarians and later questioned by professional archaeologists. The lead may help compare the circulation of Phoenician, Hebrew, or other script identifications with the development of American archaeology. Exact discovery details and the object’s current institutional location require verification before using it as evidence in a comparative study.