Copper Scrolls For Monday Mysteries...!

Now here is a mystery slightly different from the ones we normally have here. Copper scrolls telling the locations of treasure...LOTS of treasure! Trouble is, no one seems to fully understand it.

Lost Treasure Of The Copper Scroll

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Discovered by an archaeologist on March 14, 1952, the enigmatic Copper Scroll stands in stark contrast to all other Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran Caves. The material, author, script, language, and style all suggest that it was added to Cave 3 at a different date than the 14 other works made of parchment and papyrus. According to Professor Richard Freund, the Copper Scroll is “probably the most unique, most important, and least understood.”

In 1955, unable to unroll the corroded scroll, researchers had to break it apart to access its content. The language within bore little similarity to that of the other Dead Sea Scrolls. Dated between AD 25 and 100, the copper scroll contains a list of 64 locations where fabulous treasure could be found. It references enormous caches of gold, silver, tithing vessels, and priestly vestments worth over a billion dollars in today’s money.

Seems to me that someone should be working overtime to find out more about where this "lost" treasure is located. I think I would be.

Coffee out on the patio this morning. It's a tad cooler than it has been.