[Notforprophet]

I remember watching an "In Search Of..." episode where they said it was forged by a 20th Century priest who had an affinity for ancient maps. I forget his name now, though.

[Chemnitz]

It was the man who was always looking for the map and finally found it. Their argument was that the writing was like his and that the spacing of the lines was exactly what he used in putting lined paper behind his writing paper (apparently not done in earlier ages).

The map may be a fake. I don't know how reliable carbon dating or any "tests" are. Dow scientists made me very sceptical about tests. However, the enduring mystery is ancient maps that require accurate time pieces not yet invented...or were they? Ancient technology fascinates me. I believe unexplained technology is from the pre-Flood age, some of it existing into modern times but collapsing as man returned to barbarism.

Anyway, it's a better explanation than men from Mars.