An amazingly beautiful brooch from the Nibelungen era and a carpet from Bayeux from the early Middle Ages; the legendary “treasures of Priam” and the “gold of Bactria” that cannot even be approximated; the legacy of the Great Mughals and the untold wealth of the Iranian Shahs; the missing treasures of Lobengula and the “truly monstrous size” sapphires of the Vatican. Interest in relics, both historical and religious, does not wane over time, but flares up with renewed vigor. The proposed stories about treasures - imaginary and real, belonging to the powers that be, will amaze even the most experienced reader.