Historian Ambeth R. Ocampo has called out a Facebook page, alleging that it is plagiarizing the historian’s original posts.
In a post he made via Facebook, he wrote, “‘The Archaeologist’ is not just a visual plagiarist. He is also grammatically challenged. Is it so difficult to just click Share and draw engagement to both our pages? What is difficult about acknowledging the source of the pic and caption?”
Ambeth R. Ocampo on Facebook
The historian’s original post features photos of a skull showing detailed decorations on the teeth. The photos were taken by Ocampo at the USC Museum.
He added, “Worse, THE Archaelogist edited the caption making it appear that the skull was excavated in the museum, rather than being an archeologically excavated specimen preserved in a museum!!”
Ocampo emphasized that he researches, edits, and enhances the photos that he posts and further stated that “sharing is okay but mangling the caption and passing the pic off as your own is not.”
Upon seeing the historian’s post, social media users took to the comments to share their thoughts about the said scenario.
One user wrote, “Thank you for sharing. These plagiarists really should be exposed and called out.”
Another user wrote, “That’s so shameless!! Doubly shameful too for not being able to express himself correctly!”
A third user wrote, “Intellectual dishonesty is getting pervasive among people one would think should know better. It’s a reflection of their lack of moral principles.”
More social media users also have aired their disappointment with The Archaelogist’s content management, with some of them suggesting that the historian should put watermarks on his photos.
Via Facebook
The Archaelogist’s post about the skull has seemingly been deleted as it can no longer be found on their page.
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