In days of long ago, there wasn't much to do at night for hunter/scavengers but sit around a campfire and tell tall tales of exploration. One such tale told of a noble search for a giant golden bell supposedly made by a lost civilization. The bell had been hidden until a more developed people could understand the significance of what they had found in a modern age of reason. Apparently, this bell has now been recovered in shallow waters off the coast of Greece and is enroute to a museum after being loaded on the back of a 1910 Autocar truck. The reality, of course, does not quite live up to the legend as this bell was made of glass, not gold, but still is one of the lost treasures of the ancient world.

Posted May 3, 2008