Article Written by John Davis Elijah P. Lovejoy was a man of deep, almost puritanical faith. Born in Maine on the 9th of November, 1802, he was later educated as a school teacher. As he set off into the world, however, he failed at every teaching job he tried. …
Only a few Archaeopteryx fossils exist, and one of these, known as the Maxberg Specimen has been missing since 1991. The fossils are highly valuable and significant for the study of transition between non-avian feathered dinosaurs to modern birds. The Archaeopteryx is often considered the oldest known bird, and with …
There are legendary lost treasures in almost every part of the world. Often times the stories about these treasures are a mixture of facts and fiction. It becomes difficult to discern what is truth the longer time passes, and sometimes the treasures become thought of as all fiction. However, once …
The following may sound like scenes from a James Bond movie. However, they are real life occurrences of the mid 1900’s. Part of this story begins with a 14-year-old newspaper boy, Jimmy Bozart, who was given a nickel in change in 1953. Another part begins with a top-secret flight mission …
While doing research for another project at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Daniel Rolph stumbled upon a mysterious letter written in 1716 about a buried treasure. There is no doubt the note is authentic (shown below), but there are other questions being asked. The biggest ones being, ‘Was the treasure …
Between the years 1947 and 1954, in 11 caves on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, a group of 930 ancient texts, dating back to 250 BC to 50 AD, were discovered. They amazed the world. Biblical texts, along with other sectarian and nonsectarian Jewish works were brought to …
Top Ten Lost Tombs Still to be Found Article written by Duncan Burden In this modern age it is hard to believe that there are any famous lost graves to be discovered, but this has proven not to be true, especially when given the fact the body of the famous …
In 1941, Humphrey Bogart, starred, along side Mary Astor, in one of the first film noirs of our time, The Maltese Falcon. A prop for that classic film became one of the most sought after treasures of today, just like it was in the movie so many years ago. The …
Article Written by John Davis Lost Treasure: The Piasa Bird Ancient artists drew the largest creature of the Western Hemisphere on the face of a wall of limestone next to the wide and mighty Mississippi River. A speculative copy can be seen today sixteen miles north of present day St. …
Written by John Davis Where did Patience Worth Come From? One of the greatest mysteries is with us every day. Trying to understand our own mind is virtually like exploring darkest Africa in the 19th Century. We’ve all read the books or seen movies about strange mental cases. Who …
