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Guide to the world's greatest treasures 🔍

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2005

Bradley, Michael; Streuli, Ted 🔍

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“Every year lost treasures are still being discovered that force us to re-examine our place in the world and even in the universe. Join some of the world's greatest explorers on a treasure hunt, which crisscrosses the globe, from the salt-encrusted shores of the Dead Sea to a remote cave in the Himalayas via the clear blue waters of the Bahamas and the icy cold depths beneath the Atlantic waves.

203 pages : 24 cm

Every year lost treasures are still being discovered that force us to re-examine our place in the world and even in the universe. Join some of the world's greatest explorers on a treasure hunt, which crisscrosses the globe, from the salt-encrusted shores of the Dead Sea to a remote cave in the Himalayas via the clear blue waters of the Bahamas and the icy cold depths beneath the Atlantic waves

Includes bibliographical references (pages [204-207])

1933 double eagle coin -- Amber Room of Peter the Great -- Antikythera mechanism -- Arizona's Superstition Mountains and the Lost Dutchman's Treasure -- Ark of the Covenant -- Atlantis -- Atocha: ghost galleon -- Baghdad battery -- The bones of St. Thomas Becket -- The Central America: steamship of gold -- Crystal skull of doom -- Dead Sea Scrolls -- Disc of Phaistos -- Dropa Stones of the Himalayas -- Egyptian artifacts of the Grand Canyon -- El Dorado -- Electron tubes of Dendera -- The giant balls of Costa Rica -- Grooved spheres of South Africa -- Hall of Records -- Holy Grail --- Ice stones of Peru -- Impossible fossils -- Japan's underwater ruins -- King Solomon's mines -- Lost Confederate gold -- the money pit -- Nazi gold -- Noah's Ark -- Philosopher's stone -- Piri Reis map -- Rosetta Stone -- Secret treasures of Zeugma -- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World -- Skull of John the Baptist -- Sodom and Gomorrah -- Spear of Destiny -- The sunken city of Herakleion -- Treasure of King Juba -- Treasure of Sutton Hoo -- Troy and its treasure -- Turin Shroud -- Tutankhamun -- Veil of Veronica -- Yamash*ta's gold”

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Guide to the world's greatest treasures (2024)

FAQs

What is the most significant treasure ever found? ›

The Środa Treasure: A 14th-century hoard of gold and silver coins, jewelry, precious stones, and a gold crown discovered in Poland in the 1980s. It is worth $120 million.

What is the biggest undiscovered treasure in world? ›

Lifelong Treasure Hunt: 10 Lost Treasures That Have Still Not Been Found (And Their Suspected Locations)
  • 8 The Lost Inca Gold.
  • 7 The Holy Grail.
  • 6 The Knights Templar Treasure.
  • 5 Cleopatra's Tomb.
  • 4 The Tomb Of Qin Shi Huang.
  • 3 The Golden Owl.
  • 2 Nazi Gold.
  • 1 The Ark Of The Covenant.
Jul 22, 2023

What is the most valuable treasure never found? ›

  • The Amber Room. The interior of the Amber Room glistens in St. ...
  • Sarcophagus of Menkaure. This antique illustration shows the sarcophagus of Menkaure, on the Giza Plateau in Egypt. ( ...
  • Ark of the Covenant. ...
  • Honjo Masamune sword. ...
  • Crown jewels of Ireland. ...
  • Sappho's lost poems. ...
  • Dead bishop's treasure. ...
  • The Just Judges.
Feb 20, 2024

What treasure is still missing from WWII? ›

List
NameExistenceYear lost
Amber RoomConfirmedcirca 1945
Yamash*ta's goldLegendcirca 1945
Awa Maru treasureLegend1945
Nazi gold trainLegend1945
45 more rows

Has Blackbeard's treasure been found? ›

It was never to be, however, as the Navy's ships caught up with Teach in the Outer Banks. A bloody battle ensued and ended when the pirate captain was beheaded at the hands of Lt. Robert Maynard. Though many have tried, the lost treasure of Blackbeard remains unfound to this day.

What is the hardest treasure to find? ›

Here are 10 lost treasures of the world whose value cannot be measured.
  • The Tomb of Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan, National Palace Museum, Taiwan. ...
  • The Knights Templar Treasure. ...
  • Lost Dutchman Mine. ...
  • The Library of the Moscow Tsars. ...
  • The Amber Room. ...
  • Ark of the Covenant. ...
  • Romanov Easter Eggs. ...
  • Jewels of King John.
Jun 17, 2020

What treasure is still unfound? ›

The ten undiscovered hidden treasures that will amaze the world
  • The tomb of Emperor Qin. ...
  • The tomb of Nefertiti. ...
  • King John's Crown Jewels. ...
  • The Amber Room. ...
  • The Menorah of the Second Temple. ...
  • Leonardo's Battle of Anghiari. ...
  • Mallory and Irvine's pocket camera. ...
  • Treasure of Lima.
Feb 17, 2023

What state has the most lost treasure? ›

What State Has the Most Hidden Treasure? Given that the treasure is still lost or hidden, it can be very difficult to decide which area has the most hidden treasure. It is widely believed that Texas has over 200 hidden treasures.

What is America's greatest treasure? ›

The treasure hunt that captured America's heart is so famous that its particulars have been laid out in books, documentaries, and hundreds of articles: In 2010, an 80-year-old art dealer named Forrest Fenn hid a bronze chest full of loot—estimated to be worth at least a million dollars—somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.

Where is the oldest treasure in the world? ›

The Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis is a burial site in the western industrial zone of Varna (approximately half a kilometre from Lake Varna and 4 km from the city centre), Bulgaria, internationally considered one of the key archaeological sites in world prehistory.

What is the most valuable sunken treasure ever found? ›

'Most valuable treasure': $17 billion Spanish shipwreck from 1708 to be recovered. The San José was sunk in 1708 by British warships off the coast of Colombia. The Spanish galleon that sank in 1708 is believed to contain $17 billion worth of cargo.

What is the greatest treasure of life? ›

The Great Treasure is that treasure which gives you the feeling of fulfilment, feeling of contentment. And it may vary from person to person if Painting a beautiful picture is someone's treasure than Music can be someone else's. But the most cherishing and everlasting treasures are the treasures of heart.

Which of the 12 secret treasures have been found? ›

The first was found in Chicago, Illinois; the second in Cleveland, Ohio; and the most recent treasure box was found in Boston, Massachusetts. The remaining nine treasure boxes have not yet been recovered.

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