Talk:Byron Khun de Prorok

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A fact from Byron Khun de Prorok appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 May 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Queen Tin Hinan, the legendary "mother" of the Tuareg people, was excavated in Algeria in 1925 by the adventurer Byron Khun de Prorok?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Byron Khun de Prorok.

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Misattribution and unclear source of quotes[edit]

The article linked (https://web.archive.org/web/20061209175242/http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/04/23/found-%e2%80%94-king-solomons-gold-mines/) presents de Prorok's discovery of King Solomon's mines as sensational fact, and the description of him as one 'who had "a vivid imagination" and "was given to gross exaggeration"' is found verbatim in a comment on this page:

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/found-%e2%80%94-king-solomons-gold-mines/#mmGal

No textual reference is provided for these claims, nor are Kuhn's "numerous critics" cited by name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WhampoaSamovar (talk • contribs) 08:32, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]