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Four Civilizations, 600 Years,
One Treasure |
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| God’s Gold, 50 tons of gold, silver and precious art plundered by the Roman Emperor, Vespasian, and his son Titus in AD 70 from the Temple of Jerusalem at the end of the First Jewish Revolt. |
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| The greatest biblical treasure known to man; the most intimate symbols of communication between God and earth. |
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| Lost for 2,000 years, today Israel accuses the Vatican of secretly imprisoning its ancient birthright. |
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| In AD 71 the Emperor Vespasian shipped Jerusalem’s spoils to Rome for a victorious triumphal parade. |
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| At least £60 million of God’s gold went into building the Colosseum, the ancient world’s most infamous theatre of death. |
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| The central icons of Biblical Judaism – the gold candelabrum, bejewelled Table of the Divine Presence, and a pair of silver trumpets – survived on public display in the Temple of Peace in Rome’s Forum from AD 75 into the early fifth century. |
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Then it suddenly disappeared. Who stole God’s gold?
God’s Gold exposes the truth behind this remarkable story for the first time. Its author, the explorer Dr Sean Kingsley, has twice circled the Mediterranean over a decade chasing clues from new archaeological discoveries to coded ancient texts. The treasure’s astonishing final hiding place rocks world religions and embarrasses zealous politicians. |
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Published by HarperCollins, USA - June 2007; John Murray, United Kingdom, October 2006; Russian translation, Spring 2007 (AST Publishers, Moscow) |
