The Deceit of Solomon

Finnish scholar Walter Guevellius convinced himself and others that by deciphering some ancient code in the Bible, he had discovered the location of the long sought after gold treasures of Solomon. Excavation beneath the noble sanctuary mosque on the Temple Mount was forbidden even then by the Sultan in Istanbul. In 1911 they bribed the Sheiken charge of the noble Sanctuary mosque to send his guards away to a ten day festival outside the city. On April 12, 1911, the tenth night of their secret dig, they were discovered and words swiftly spread through the city that some western Christians were despoiling their holy site. The Englishmen hopped on the first train out of Jerusalem, back to

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