Lost Treasures: A History of Hidden Hoards and Vanished Riches

by Eric Chaline

Reveals 41 vanished treasures and the mysterious stories behind them

Features chapters on tomb treasures, buried treasures, holy treasures, and art treasures

Includes legends such as the treasure of the Knights Templar and El Dorado

Fully illustrated throughout with photographs and archive images

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2015

About the author

Author, journalist and editor, winner of the Lord Aberdare Prize, 2018

Reviews

[Ron Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Author conflates University of Pennsylvania and Penn State University twice in the first treasure. The font is overly large on the opening page of each treasure which makes the tiny text on the following pages a strain to read for older eyes.

Author does a nice job of detailing the theories behind the origins of lost treasure hordes and potential whereabouts or destruction of lost treasures. He does not shy away from criticizing past archaeological misdeeds and the slanted theories that some famed archaeologists held. Overall, a fun read!

[Gremlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very informative and interesting. Not much to criticize but it does go for the throat on the psuedo-alien historians xD