Friday, January 10, 2014

Treatise of the Vessels update

THE TREATISE OF THE VESSELS continues to get media attention. The article by Owen Jarus, noted here, has been republished a good many times, including by Yahoo News, Fox News, Discovery, and NBC News.

Also, yesterday I had phone interviews with a couple of journalists about the Treatise and one of these has resulted in an article in the Daily Mail:
King Solomon's treasures revealed: Newly translated Hebrew text lists legendary riches - including the Ark of the Covenant

• 'Treatise of the Vessels’ suggests artefacts were hidden in the Middle East
• Text was meant for entertainment rather than a guide to treasure's location
• Treasures mentioned include musical instruments made of gold, ornaments from the Garden of Eden and various precious religious stones


By Ellie Zolfagharifard

PUBLISHED: 16:41, 9 January 2014 | UPDATED: 17:14, 9 January 2014

A modern-day Indiana Jones has uncovered details about King Solomon's riches in a newly translated Hebrew text.

But treasure hunters may have to wait a bit longer as, unlike the film ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ details about the exact location of these treasures are unclear.

Rather than a guide to lost treasure, the newly translated ‘Treatise of the Vessels’ was a legendary story written in Biblical times that was meant to entertain.

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It's a good article, which quotes me correctly and makes the text interesting without distorting the fact that it's just a collection of legends. I think that's the first time I've been called "a modern-day Indiana Jones." Maybe that should go in the masthead.