In a museum in Jordan sits a mysterious copper scroll that lists a huge mass of hidden gold, silver and precious objects that nobody has been able to find. It's easy to think tht perhaps these treasures really don't exist. Except that sometimes they do. Two-hundred years ago most experts thought that the story of the city of Troy was just a myth. One man beleived in it though and he found not only the city, but a magnificent treasure hidden in its depths.
Some finds are too good to be true.
Witness the Piltdown man . On the other hand some finds are so fantastic that they get dismissed as hoaxes when maybe thay are not. Check out the Newark Decalogue . Some finds promise riches, but leave you only with a frustrating puzzle, like the Beale Cryptograms or The Lost Gold of Devils Tower . Copyright Lee Krystek 1997-2000.