There had been little time for the looters to hide their ill-gotten wealth. By war’s end hundreds of millions of dollars in jewels, gold and artworks were being stuffed into strong boxes to be hidden in the most unlikely places. The plunder set off one of the greatest treasure hunts in history. In Search of s1e14 … Nazi Plunder, 1977
It is believed that somewhere in the high mountains of Peru lies wealth beyond imagining: gold, the lost treasure of a great empire … El Dorado … a story of lust and greed and treachery. In Search of s1e24 … Inca Treasures, 1977
Arizona’s Superstition mountains have been a magnet for generations of adventurers and treasure hunters. Many who come to the mountains seeking riches never return. In 1860 a miner called the Dutchman staggered out of the mountains more dead than alive. Something kept him going when others would have given up. He had been tortured by Indians and seen his partner murdered. For days he had travelled alone under the blazing sun. What was the secret that gave him the strength to survive? It was treasure. Great nuggets of gold. The Dutchman said he’d found a mine full of it. In Search of … s2e1: The Lost Dutchman Mine, 1977
It’s a story more incredible than fiction. Buried treasure forgotten for more than a thousand years discovered by an amateur metal detecting enthusiast. The find is worth millions … ‘When I first saw the Staffordshire hoard, I think there was a real sense of wonder and fear.’ Lost Gold of the Dark Ages, historian, National Geographic 2019
The largest collection of Anglo Saxon gold ever found. ibid.
The Anglo-Saxons liked to be buried with their bling. ibid.
How were they made? By hand or with a device that’s been lost to history? ibid.
That number rose to more than 4,000 pieces estimated to have come from about 700 complete objects. ibid.
Ireland’s museums are rich with treasure, precious artefacts that connect this land to its ancient past. Some are iconic, others overlooked but each one has a story to tell and a unique part in Ireland’s history. Alice Roberts & Gavin Hughes, Ireland’s Treasures Uncovered, BBC 2020
That treasure is the Tara Broach: the broach is on permanent display at the National Museum of Ireland … The original Tara Broach was made hundreds of years after the Celts. ibid.
The Bann Disc: this dates from the first century A.D. ibid.
Ireland’s most famous golden treasure: it is the Broighter Hoard, made up of seven gold ornaments … discovered in 1896. ibid.
Ireland’s museums are filled with artefacts, treasures emblematic of the iron-age. ibid.
The hoard contained not only the lunula but two gold sun discs pulled from a bog together in Coggalbeg back in 1945. The Coggalbeg hoard sheds new light on our bronze-age ancestors. ibid.
The treasure is St Conall Cael’s bell and the shrine that held it. ibid.
Everybody’s heard of the Book of Kells … 680 dazzling pages of illustration and calligraphy. In Medieval Europe it illuminated the story of Christ. ibid.
Waterford’s greatest artefact: the Great Charter Roll. ibid.
Tell me where the box is and the $5,000 are yours. The Treasure of San Teresa 1959 starring Eddie Constantine & Dawn Addams & Marius Goring & Christopher Lee & Georgina Cookson & Nadine Tallier & Walter Gotell & Willi Witte & Leslie Hutch Hutchinson et al, director Alvin Rakoff, patron bloke
Maybe you’d like to hear some of the more lurid details. ibid. her to him
When this is all over I’m coming back to give you a little lesson in anatomy. ibid. him to her
Tutankhamun’s spectacular treasures: now for the first time since they were discovered, all 5,398 objects are being brought together in a new billion-dollar museum. This will be the first time many of them will have been seen for a century. Tut’s Treasures: Hidden Secrets s1e1, National Geographic 2020
The arsenal not of a boy king but a warrior on the world stage. ibid.
At the heart of the investigation is a mysterious dagger found on Tutankhamun’s mummified body, priceless golden chariot decorations painstakingly reconstructed after laying in fragments for 3,500 years, and the leather remains of a curious armoured tunic. ibid.
Iron in the dagger’s blade wasn’t mined or smelted in Egypt, so where did it come from? … The iron in Tutankahmun’s dagger … [is] from the asteroid belt … a lump of rock and metal plummeted to Earth. ibid.
The evidence suggests Tutankhamun may have died far from home. ibid.
The most famous treasure of all is the death mask. Crafted from 22 pounds of gold, this priceless object is known throughout the world. Tut’s Treasures: Hidden Secrets s1e2
Over 5,000 objects were taken from the tomb; only a third have ever been seen in public. ibid.
It was soon clear that this was an unusual tomb for a powerful ruler of ancient Egypt … so small and poorly prepared. ibid.
‘No Egyptian should have been mummified like this let alone an Egyptian pharaoh.’ ibid. Dr Christopher Naunton
Tutankhamun and his royal line were feted to die out, leaving behind the magnificent treasures of a spectacular legacy. Tut’s Treasures: Hidden Secrets s1e3: Tales from the Tomb
Tutankhamun, his father and his successor were erased from the official history. But experts have questions how this young king of Egypt and his whole family could have disappeared without trace. ibid.
Personal items … custom-made shoes … a collection of walking sticks … two tiny humans mummies that were buried with him … ibid.
A life marred by pain and personal loss. ibid.
It’s likely Tutankhamun’s deformities were as a result of generations of inbreeding. ibid.
Six chariots were found in Tutankhamun’s tomb. ibid.
‘A blunt trauma which seems to have affected a large part of the left side of his body.’ ibid. Christopher Naunton
Sunken ships filled with precious cargo, lost cities made entirely of gold. And ancient temples that conceal untold riches. There’s something about hidden treasures that captures our imaginations. The UnXplained with William Shatner s3e1: The Hunt for Hidden, History 2021
Ancient Egypt: this land of the Pharaohs has captured our imaginations for thousands of years. It’s one of the greatest civilisations the world has ever known, and it’s left us with some truly astounding treasures. Egypt’s Greatest Treasures with Bettany Hughes aka Top Ten Treasures of Egypt, Channel 5 2019
10) A gruesome tale of a 3,000 year old cold case, a royal assassination … The mummified body of a mighty Egyptian king … Ramesses III: Ramesses was a man with lots of enemies. ibid.
9) A brilliant discovery that brought a dead language back to life and helped us to decode the secrets of this ancient civilisation: The Rosetta Stone … It ended up at the British museum … Arguably the most important. ibid.
8) Queen Cleopatra’s Gateway: The Temple of Edfu … absolutely vast … beautifully well preserved. ibid.
7) Part lion, part man it radiates mystery: The Great Sphinx at Giza. ibid.
6) Built not once but twice: Temple of Abu Simbel … This is Ramesses’ ego built in stone … There are two temples. ibid.
5) An Egyptian city of the dead: Saqqara … Egypt’s biggest city of the dead … eight million mummified dogs in one mass grave. ibid.
4) The Temple of Luxor: the complex was huge. ibid.
3) The Place of Truth: the Valley of the Kings. ibid.
2) Tutankhamun: This tomb’s treasures had been kept safe from thieves. ibid.
1) The Great Pyramid at Giza: Rising almost one hundreds and fifty metres out of the ground. ibid.