![]() ![]() ![]() Made of solid gold, this was the supreme Inca deity: during the conquest, they succeeded in spiriting it away to their last jungle stronghold. The architect of the medieval world's largest empire, who brought death to millions, has so far succeeded in keeping his own grave undisturbed. Surrounded by treasure and slaves - buried alive alongside him - the great khan was interred on top of an as yet unidentified mountain in Mongolia. The only certain fact is that - pace Indiana Jones - it has never been rediscovered. ![]() Different theories have suggested that it is concealed beneath the Temple Mount in Jerusalem or that it was taken to Babylon, Rome, Arabia or Ethiopia. Kept in the Holy of Holies in the Temple in Jerusalem, it vanished when the Babylonians captured the city in 587BC. Made of acacia wood and solid gold, this most sacred of ancient Israelite artefacts contained the original tablets of stone on which the Ten Commandments were inscribed. ![]() THE GRAIL TRAIL - AND UNKNOWN RESTING PLACES The body is out there somewhere - but I suspect it is still under the streets of Alexandria." The corpse of Alexander's father, Philip, was discovered in Greek Macedonia in 1970, so there's no reason why we shouldn't find Alexander. Dr Paul Doherty, another recent biographer, said: "Alexander was regarded as almost a divine figure, and if we could get to the body, with DNA testing, we could find out a great deal about him - for instance, why he died so quickly. ![]()
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