SIX IMPORTANT AND PRICELESS ANTIQUES THAT WERE RECORDED MISSING.

With History being a Mystery, there are so many interesting recordings from ancient times that are worth delving into. One of the most interesting of these is locating Priceless artifacts that were either looted, sold off or even simply went missing.

Here are a few of these important cultural heritages that I believe deserve a chance to return home;

The Koh Ker Ganesha.

According to the 2020 Antiques Coalition awareness to locate and recover missing artifacts, the Koh Ker Ganesha is recorded to be among the top 10 Most wanted antiques. What is this particular artifact, you may wonder.. It is a five feet tall stone sculpture of the elephant headed Hindu god.

According to Historical sources, it is a 1000 year old Cambodian artifact that vanished during the Kingdom's civil war.
Currently, it is anticipated that the Ganesha has high chances of returning to Cambodia because it is believed to be part of the collection by a gentleman known as James.H.Clarke, having been laundered into the American market by looters all the way from Cambodia.

The Yemeni Alabaster Stone Inscription.

It was an unfortunate time for Yemen in the year 2010 when atrocious grabbers robbed this artifact from the floor of Awan temple (The sanctuary of Queen Sheba). Tracing it's disappearance, it was recorded to have been sold off in the black market, having once surfaced at a European auction house.

After being sold off there however, it was discovered that the buyer had in fact been anonymous hence remaining an unknown person. This artifact is indeed still missing with no leads whatsoever on it's whereabouts.

The Aztec Treasure.

One sad night, the Aztec empire’s entire fate changed when Cortes, who had made himself ruler of the empire after the death of their King Montezuma tried to escape their rebellious coup with countless Aztec treasures (which were various gold artifacts)

In the capital known as Tenochtitlan, one of their vessels sank in a canal that was feeding into Lake Texcoco at that time. With the massive loss of lives in this sinking, even the huge haul of gold that Cores was trying to escape with followed suit. To the Spanish, that night came to be known as ‘La Noche Triste’, translating to ‘The Night of Sadness'

Even when they tried to recover the gold, only a tiny portion of it was recovered at that particular time. Recently however, one construction worker managed to dig up a gold bar in Mexico City, which particular area was recorded to have been ancient Aztec. Well, you can say a few pieces were recovered but unfortunately, the largest haul is still recorded missing.

The Sarcophagus of Menkaure.

This was a small structure built in one of the 3 pyramids constructed at Giza around 4500 years ago. It was constructed for Egyptian Pharaoh known as Menkaure. Around the 1830s, an English Military officer known as Howard Vyse who used destructive explosives to tear down these pyramids landed on it.

Vyse therefore thought it wise (highly debatable in my opinion) to ship it back to England with him aboard the merchant ship known as Beatrice. The honorable Beatrice must have felt the Pharaoh turning in his grave for she sank with this priceless artifact aboard. If ever, the Merchant ship be found, so will the Sarcophagus.

The Da Vinci Mural.(The Battle of Anghiari)

If you are an art lover, you have definitely heard of Leonardo Da Vinci! Well, in 1505, this famous painter had infact painted a mural depicting the Battle of Anghiari (between Florence and Milan where Florence emerged Victorious)

This mural had been reportedly painted in the Palazzo Vechio, which was a town hall in Florence and apparently, that is where it is believed to have disappeared from. According to historical sources, this particular hall was remodeled by Painter and Architect, Giorgio Vasari and this is when the mural went missing (molto sospetto, Giorgio … Molto sospetto)

It is even argued that it never once existed and Da Vinci did not paint it, although this argument too has been disputed with evidence that the mural did actually exist before the remodeling of the Palazzo Vechio.

The Ark of the Covenant.

With the Bible as the first reference, The Ark of the Covenant was known as a chest that held the tablets which were engraved with the 10 commandments and it was always kept in a temple in the holy city of Jerusalem in ancient Israel.

In 587 B.C however, this temple, which was initially built by King Solomon was torn down and destroyed when the army led by King Nebuchadnezzar the Second of ancient Babylon made a mess of the City. This was the last that was ever recorded about the Ark of the covenant, unfortunately.

There are honestly ever so many missing artifacts that history lovers wish to see return back home (so I am definitely not done with the lot of you!) See you again ancient artifact lovers. I sign out.