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GLOZEL

On April 26, 1925, because of a disappearing cow who discovered a mysterious treasure trove, amateur archaeologist Albert Morlet visited a farm near Glozel, France, and the world learned of a fantastic collection. No one knows who collected it.

A year earlier, seventeen-year-old Emile Gradin watched one of his cattle drop from sight in the middle of a meadow. After Emile and his grandfather pulled the bovine from an artificial cavity below the field, Emile investigated the cavern. It was lined with interlocking bricks, many glazed by extreme heat. The cavity may have been an ancient kiln or glassworks. Emile dug in the surrounding area, and as word got out, he was joined by many VIPs. A Cambridge archaeology professor dug alongside the king of Romania and other dignitaries. Working in silence for three days, much to the exasperation of the newspapers, the group would lock themselves in their hotel sitting room each night to discuss their finds.

Stone and brick shelves filled the cavity and niches, which in turn were filled with odd archaic objects: statuettes of ancient deities, engraved bone and antlers, and stacks of clay tablets carved with a language that has not yet been deciphered. More than three hundred ceramic objects were found, varying widely in quality and age; they included face urns, phallic symbols, lamps, engraved pebbles, and stone tools. Broken pottery and coins, which were usually found at archaeology sites, were absent.

Controversy raged over the authenticity of the find. In the 1970s a new technology, thermoluminescence, accurately dated the artifacts; the earliest were from 100 BC, and the latest from the 1600s and 1700s. The scope and purpose of the collection is a mystery. Perhaps it is joined to the mysterious, nearby Chateau Montigilbert, which was connected to the powerful Knights Templar, or to the Rennes-le-Chateau, where Father Berenger Sauniere became mysteriously wealthy in the late 1800s.

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Pasture on the Hamlet of Glozel, Bourbonnais region of France

Glozel, petit hameau de la montagne Bourbonnaise, est situé sur la commune de Ferrières/Sichon dans l’Allier à une vingtaine de kilomètres au sud-est de Vichy. Le 1er mars 1924, dans le champ Duranthon ( rebaptisé plus tard le champ des morts ), un jeune agriculteur de 17 ans, Emile, et son grand-père, Claude Fradin, font une découverte impossible qui déclenche l’une des plus violentes…

Réécrire l’histoire:devant la découverte de Glozel,les scientifiques refusent l’idée de la “primhistoire”

Glozel, petit hameau de la montagne Bourbonnaise, est situé sur la commune de Ferrières/Sichon dans l’Allier à une vingtaine de kilomètres au sud-est de Vichy. Les fouilles débutèrent il y a presque 100 ans. Le 1er mars 1924, dans le champ Duranthon ( rebaptisé plus tard le champ des morts ), un jeune agriculteur de 17 ans, Emile, et son grand-père, Claude Fradin, font une découverte impossible…