HERSHEL SHANKS is defending the authenticity of the Ivory Pomegranate. He has photographs.

(Via Jack Sasson's Agade list.)

Background here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

UPDATE (21 August): I meant to say "the Ivory Pomegranate inscription." Everyone agrees that the object itself is an ancient artifact; it's the inscription that is argued to be a forgery.