Real-Life Treasure
When a mountain climber turned in a box of jewels to French law enforcement in 2013, I bet he wasn’t expecting that there were 100 precious jewels including rubies, emeralds, and sapphires in there; moreover, I bet he wasn’t expecting that those jewels were worth $300,000! He found the box in the ice on Mont Blanc, and it was later discovered that the jewels came as a result of the Air India flight that crashed on the mountain in 1966 that killed 117 passengers. Because of the location of the crash and the treacherous weather surrounding it, the pieces from the crash were never truly recovered, but in the years since, bits and pieces have been rediscovered. We hope this honest hiker has some good karma coming for him!
Real Life Treasure
A Horse
In September 2013, bones from an Iron Age horse were discovered on a mountain 6,500 feet high up in Norway. Because the horses were discovered next to manure and a horseshoe, archaeologists have reason to believe that the Iron Age people were using these horses to carry their cargo. Though scientists are trying to answer all of the questions they have about this, they’re worried that with the melting ice will come a loss of artifacts; the horses are securely stuck in the ice, but they aren’t sure what will happen once the ice melts.
A Horse
