In a paper published in an academic journal, German and Austrian researchers recount an extraordinary tale where archaeology, the Third Reich and cosmic treasure are intertwined like an Indiana Jones movie.

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It is a particularly rare kind of meteorite called an ataxite, which has iron and high contents of nickel, according to the study, published in the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science.

“The statue was chiseled from an iron meteorite, from a fragment of the Chinga meteorite which...
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For those that have heard my TOTO episodes on Pic de Bugarach, the Cathars were mentioned in regards to Daniel Bettex (the Bettex Affair - see: pt 2 show notes, the Philip Coppens article referenced gives awesome info),,,so my interest was piqued,,,


,,,few individuals were more colourful than a dark-haired, green-eyed young man named Otto Wilhelm Rahn. His gaunt figure, swathed in characteristic black coat and fedora, casts a long shadow out of those twilight years, a ‘great silhouetteâ...
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