Mysteries / Hidden Treasures - which is your favorite?
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There are so many cases of valuable things going missing for decades or even centuries. The Amber Room mystery is one of the greatest, you can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Room
Which is your favorite?
Which is your favorite?
The lost treasure of the Incas.
When the Spanish conquistadors invaded the Inca empire, the entered at the mid-point between the two capitals, Cuzco and Quito. They marched south to Cuzco and found hundreds of tons of gold, silver and emeralds in that capital. When they marched north a few months later, they found that the second capital had been systematically evacuated and its treasure hidden.
The Inca chronicles tell of 750 tons of gold, worth, lets see, 20 billion in bullion terms, ten times that in antiquities terms, hidden from the Spaniards.
There is a handy guide to its location too.
British explorers have been following this guide for the last 150 years. You can too if you fancy it.
Here is the guide:
Placed in the town of Pillaro, ask for the farm of Moya, and sleep a good distance above it; and ask there for the mountain of Guapa, from whose top, if the day be fine, look to the east, so that thy back be towards the town of Ambato, and from thence thou shalt perceive the three Cerros Llanganati, in the form of a triangle, on whose declivity there is a lake, made by hand, into which the ancients threw the gold they had prepared for the ransom of the Inca when they heard of his death.
From the same Cerro Guapa thou mayest see also the forest, and in it a clump of Sangurimas standing out of the said forest, and another clump which they call Flechas (arrows), and these clumps are the principal mark for the which thou shalt aim, leaving them a little on the left hand. Go forward from Guapa in the direction and with the signals indicated, and a good way ahead, having passed some cattle-farms, thou shalt come on a wide morass, over which thou must cross, and coming out on the other side thou shalt see on the left-hand a short way off a jucal on a hill-side, through which thou must pass.
Having got through the jucal, thou wilt see two small lakes called “Los Anteojos” (the spectacles), from having between them a point of land like to a nose.
From this place thou mayest again descry the Cerros Llanganati, the same as thou sawest them from the top of Guapa, and I warn thee to leave the said lakes on the left, and that in front of the point or “nose” there is a plain, which is the sleeping-place. There thou must leave thy horses, for they can go no farther.
Following now on foot in the same direction, thou shalt come on a grat black lake, the which leave on thy left-hand, and beyoud it seek to descend along the hill-side in such a way that thou mayest reach a ravine, down which comes a waterfall: and here thou shalt find a bridge of three poles, or if it do not still exist thou shalt put another in the most convenient place and pass over it. And having gone on a little way in the forest, seek out the hut which served tho sleep in or the remains of it.
Having passed the night there, go on thy way the following day through the forest in the same direction, till thou reach another deep dry ravine, across which thou must throw a bridge and pass over it slowly and cautiously, for the ravine is is very deep; that is if thou succeed not in finding the pass which exists.
Go forward and look for the signs of another sleeping-place, which, I assure thee, thou canst not fail to see in the fragments of pottery and other marks, because the Indians are continually passing along there. Go on thy way, and thou shalt see a mountain which is all of margasitas (pyrites), the which leave on the left-hand, and I warn thee that thou must go round it in this fashion (The Valverde mark). On this side thou wilt find a pajonál (pasture) in a small plain, which having crossed thou wilt come on a cañon between two hills, which is the way of the Inca.
From thence as thou goest along thou shalt see the entrance of the socavón (tunnel), which is in the form of a church-porch. Having come through the cañon, and gone a good distance beyond, thou wilt perceive a cascade which descends from a offshoot of the Cerro Llanganati, and runs into a quaking-bog on the right hand; and without passing the stream in the said bog there is much gold, so that putting in thy hand what thou shalt gather at the bottom is grains of gold.
To ascend the mountain, leave the bog and go along to the right, and pass above the cascade, going round the offshoot of the mountain. And if by chance the mouth of the socavón be closed with certain herbs which they call “salvaje”, remove them, and thou wilt find the entrance. And on the left-hand side of the mountain thou mayest see the “Guayra” (for thus the ancients called the furnace where they founded metals), which is nailed with golden nails. And to reach the third mountain, if thou canst not pass in front of the socavón, it is the same thing to pass behind it, for the water of the lake falls into it.
If thou lose thyself in the forest, seek the river, follow it on the right bank; lower down take to the beach, and thou wilt reach the cañon in such sort that, although thou seek to pass it, thou wilt not find where; climb, therfore, the mountain on the right-hand, and in this manner thou canst by no means miss thy way.
See, it even says you can't miss it!
When the Spanish conquistadors invaded the Inca empire, the entered at the mid-point between the two capitals, Cuzco and Quito. They marched south to Cuzco and found hundreds of tons of gold, silver and emeralds in that capital. When they marched north a few months later, they found that the second capital had been systematically evacuated and its treasure hidden.
The Inca chronicles tell of 750 tons of gold, worth, lets see, 20 billion in bullion terms, ten times that in antiquities terms, hidden from the Spaniards.
There is a handy guide to its location too.
British explorers have been following this guide for the last 150 years. You can too if you fancy it.
Here is the guide:
Placed in the town of Pillaro, ask for the farm of Moya, and sleep a good distance above it; and ask there for the mountain of Guapa, from whose top, if the day be fine, look to the east, so that thy back be towards the town of Ambato, and from thence thou shalt perceive the three Cerros Llanganati, in the form of a triangle, on whose declivity there is a lake, made by hand, into which the ancients threw the gold they had prepared for the ransom of the Inca when they heard of his death.
From the same Cerro Guapa thou mayest see also the forest, and in it a clump of Sangurimas standing out of the said forest, and another clump which they call Flechas (arrows), and these clumps are the principal mark for the which thou shalt aim, leaving them a little on the left hand. Go forward from Guapa in the direction and with the signals indicated, and a good way ahead, having passed some cattle-farms, thou shalt come on a wide morass, over which thou must cross, and coming out on the other side thou shalt see on the left-hand a short way off a jucal on a hill-side, through which thou must pass.
Having got through the jucal, thou wilt see two small lakes called “Los Anteojos” (the spectacles), from having between them a point of land like to a nose.
From this place thou mayest again descry the Cerros Llanganati, the same as thou sawest them from the top of Guapa, and I warn thee to leave the said lakes on the left, and that in front of the point or “nose” there is a plain, which is the sleeping-place. There thou must leave thy horses, for they can go no farther.
Following now on foot in the same direction, thou shalt come on a grat black lake, the which leave on thy left-hand, and beyoud it seek to descend along the hill-side in such a way that thou mayest reach a ravine, down which comes a waterfall: and here thou shalt find a bridge of three poles, or if it do not still exist thou shalt put another in the most convenient place and pass over it. And having gone on a little way in the forest, seek out the hut which served tho sleep in or the remains of it.
Having passed the night there, go on thy way the following day through the forest in the same direction, till thou reach another deep dry ravine, across which thou must throw a bridge and pass over it slowly and cautiously, for the ravine is is very deep; that is if thou succeed not in finding the pass which exists.
Go forward and look for the signs of another sleeping-place, which, I assure thee, thou canst not fail to see in the fragments of pottery and other marks, because the Indians are continually passing along there. Go on thy way, and thou shalt see a mountain which is all of margasitas (pyrites), the which leave on the left-hand, and I warn thee that thou must go round it in this fashion (The Valverde mark). On this side thou wilt find a pajonál (pasture) in a small plain, which having crossed thou wilt come on a cañon between two hills, which is the way of the Inca.
From thence as thou goest along thou shalt see the entrance of the socavón (tunnel), which is in the form of a church-porch. Having come through the cañon, and gone a good distance beyond, thou wilt perceive a cascade which descends from a offshoot of the Cerro Llanganati, and runs into a quaking-bog on the right hand; and without passing the stream in the said bog there is much gold, so that putting in thy hand what thou shalt gather at the bottom is grains of gold.
To ascend the mountain, leave the bog and go along to the right, and pass above the cascade, going round the offshoot of the mountain. And if by chance the mouth of the socavón be closed with certain herbs which they call “salvaje”, remove them, and thou wilt find the entrance. And on the left-hand side of the mountain thou mayest see the “Guayra” (for thus the ancients called the furnace where they founded metals), which is nailed with golden nails. And to reach the third mountain, if thou canst not pass in front of the socavón, it is the same thing to pass behind it, for the water of the lake falls into it.
If thou lose thyself in the forest, seek the river, follow it on the right bank; lower down take to the beach, and thou wilt reach the cañon in such sort that, although thou seek to pass it, thou wilt not find where; climb, therfore, the mountain on the right-hand, and in this manner thou canst by no means miss thy way.
See, it even says you can't miss it!
king sock goes in the washing machine!!!!The Tunguska Event
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event
or the Pancake Rocks in Punakaiki NZ
(my own picture)
There are several theories but no consensus on just how either occurred. Maybe it's just me, but I still like the fact there are several things in the world we just don't understand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event
or the Pancake Rocks in Punakaiki NZ
(my own picture)
There are several theories but no consensus on just how either occurred. Maybe it's just me, but I still like the fact there are several things in the world we just don't understand
Ayahuasca said:
The lost treasure of the Incas.
...
And any tour geezer in Machu Picchu, or anywhere on the Inca Trail, will spin you the same story ...
That said, it's not beyond possibility - they managed to build MP in the middle of those damn mountains, anyway.
Edited by Famous Graham on Sunday 2nd May 01:42
Negative Creep said:
Why is that a mystery?
Famous Graham said:
Ayahuasca said:
The lost treasure of the Incas.
...
And any tour geezer in Machu Picchu, or anywhere on the Inca Trail, will spin you the same story ...
That said, it's not beyond possibility - they managed to build MP in the middle of those damn mountains, anyway.
Edited by Famous Graham on Sunday 2nd May 01:42
AUDIHenry said:
There are so many cases of valuable things going missing for decades or even centuries. The Amber Room mystery is one of the greatest, you can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Room
Which is your favorite?
it's not that myterious, the amber room...the stuff was taken to Konigsberg:Which is your favorite?
In 1944 Königsberg suffered heavy damage from British bombing attacks and burned for several days. The historic city centre, especially the original quarters Altstadt, Löbenicht, and Kneiphof, was completely destroyed, among it the cathedral, the castle, all churches of the old city, the old and the new universities, and the old shipping quarters.
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