The Copper Scroll: One of the Most Mysterious Manuscripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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 …

Forrest Fenn Friday: Questions on The Thrill of the Chase Treasure Hunt: The Blaze

The Thrill of the Chase by Forrest Fenn was published in 2010.  This launched the search for Forrest Fenn’s hidden 1150 AD bronze treasure chest. The chest, filled with gold and other extraordinary artifacts, is secreted somewhere in the mountains north of Santa Fe (New Mexico). More specifically, it is …

Forrest Fenn Friday: Questions on The Thrill of the Chase Treasure Hunt: Specialized Knowledge

Welcome to Forrest Fenn Friday: Questions on The Thrill of the Chase. This segment has the goal to help fine-tune solutions and narrow down or confirm search areas for finding Forrest Fenn’s Treasure Chest. Mysterious Writings knows you first have to ask the right questions to discover the right answers. …

Found Treasure! Six Questions with Larry G: Winner of the $700 Prize in the Read and Seek Adventures Treasure Hunt

How exciting it is to chat with another winner of an Armchair Treasure Hunt!  Congrats to Larry G! for solving the clues and deducing the location to the hidden cache in the Read and Seek Treasure Hunt by Martin Smith.  A successful ending to the hunt!  Cheers to all! Read …

Forrest Fenn Friday: Questions on The Thrill of the Chase Treasure Hunt:  How Far?

As many of you know, over the past years, we’ve offered different Friday segments with Forrest Fenn on Mysterious Writings.  I think the first one was Friday’s Fenn Favorite— which shared favorite quotes of Forrest’s.  It moved then to Weekly Words, with sometimes being inclusive of the Featured Questions– which …

Advice from Forrest Fenn on How to Find his Treasure Chest and Solve his Poem: Top Twenty Quotes

Since the release of The Thrill of the Chase in the fall of 2010, Forrest Fenn has offered some advice on how to find his hidden treasure or solve his poem.  The following video gathers some of his most notable remarks together on this matter.  Many of them are from …