Sunday, February 20, 2011

Surigao Treasure: Part 8of8 THE PAMANA GINTONG

The last part of the episode Gintong Pamana to June 8, 2008 broadcast on the probe of ABS-CBN. Video Summary In 1981, defeated Berto Morales, a farmer as a bulldozer operator in an irrigation project in Surigao gold used. He found a real treasure to bring gold jewelry, while the collection includes a hill of filling materials. The discovery, unknown to the public, the largest collection of archaeological finds of gold in the Philippine country and around the world.Recovered in collaboration with 10 to 13 Century Chinese ceramics shows the similarities in the form of gold jewelry and artifacts of the iconography of other cultures in the region. Experts believe the discovery will rewrite history. Nothing of this scale and scope and magnificence has ever seen, "says Dr. Florian Capistrano-Baker, former curator of the Ayala Museum to find gold. Gold specialist Dr. John Miksic of the National University of Singapore describes the SurigaoTreasury as the most important material wealth of the country. Experts say the imitation jewelry today or even near the quality of the working of intricate patterns of our ancestors gold. Part of the treasure Surigao is the sacred thread that is worn during ceremonies and weighs over four pounds. Baker says that the belt-like object is so heavy, a dummy broken because of its weight. PROBE-Reporter, Cheche Lazaro, looking Berto Morales in Surigao. Fromthen ...



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