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...works of Captain Kidd than the Dead Sea Scrolls' Teacher of Righteousness: "In the cistern which is below the rampart, on the east side, in a place hollowed out of rock; 600 bars of silver . . . Close by, below the southern corner of the portico at Zadok's tomb, and underneath the pilaster in the exedras, a vessel of incense in pine wood and a vessel of incense in cassia wood ... In the pit near by, towards the north, near the grave, in a hole opening to the north, there is a copy of this book with explanations, measurements...
...knows where Zadok's tomb might be, and all explanations, measurements, and other details await the finding of "this book," whatever and wherever it is. Experts, accustomed to Middle Eastern tall tales of buried treasure, are skeptical of the troves' existence-especially since the quantity is so huge. But this is not likely to keep scholars from speculating as to what an otherworldly sect of ascetics like the Essenes might be doing with such a hoard. Nor is it likely to keep treasure seekers from getting out picks and shovels and starting...
...fact, met Galindez personally a year before at Hyde Park, when the teacher placed a wreath on F.D.R.'s tomb...
...session, he was asked if he kisses babies when he goes politicking. His reply: "I like children, I like babies! I can't help kissing babies!"* At week's end, after a day in Philadelphia, hail-well-met Sukarno bounced onward to Illinois and the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, another hero of his. All along, several times a day, he kept saying: "I love Americans...
...object of curiosity and adulation rarely equaled. On his 79th birthday 600,000 Parisians paraded past his home. When he died, just 71 years ago this month, he was laid in state beneath the Arc de Triomphe, then escorted by 2,000,000 of his countrymen to his tomb in the Pantheon...