Guide to the World's Greatest Treasures Book

Introduction     8
1933 Double Eagle Coin     12
Amber Room of Peter the Great     16
Antikythera Mechanism     20
Arizona's Superstition Mountains and the Lost Dutchman's Treasure     24
Ark of the Covenant     28
Atlantis     32
Atocha: Ghost Galleon     38
Baghdad Battery     42
The Bones of St. Thomas Becket     46
The Central America: Steamship of Gold     50
Crystal Skull of Doom     54
Dead Sea Scrolls     58
Disc of Phaistos     64
Dropa Stones of the Himalayas     68
Egyptian Artifacts of the Grand Canyon     72
El Dorado     76
Electron Tubes of Dendera     80
The Giant Balls of Costa Rica     84
Grooved Spheres of South Africa     88
Hall of Records     92
Holy Grail     96
Ica Stones of Peru     100
Impossible Fossils     104
Japan's Underwater Ruins     108
King Solomon's Mines     112
Lost Confederate Gold     118
The Money Pit     122
Nazi Gold     126
Noah's Ark     130
Philosopher's Stone     136
Piri Reis Map     140
Rosetta Stone     144
Secret Treasures of Zeugma     148
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World     152
Skull of John the Baptist     160
Sodom and Gomorrah     164
Spear of Destiny     168
The Sunken City of Herakleion     172
Treasure of King Juba     176
Treasure of Sutton Hoo     180
Troy and its Treasure     184
Turin Shroud     188
Tutankhamun     192
Veil of Veronica     196
Yamashita's Gold     200
Recommended Reading     204
Photo Credits     208