I don't think this happens often in science, but I have to question whether the lead scientist's personal frame of reference influenced his rather inflated claims.
Million Mummy Discovery Under Dispute
A massive cemetery with up to 1 million mummies has reportedly been found in Egypt, but the announcement of the discovery apparently landed a U.S. research team in hot water, and possibly even kicked off the project.
Archaeologists from Brigham Y…
There are egos, frauds, and puffery in any profession. For some reason, though, if it's shown by an individual scientist, the public at large seems to think that that is a reflection on all scientists or even science itself.