Interactive Geocaching Treasure Hunt Showing 1,701-1,750 of 1,958

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Andrea! We've been doing a lot of "difficult" type tasks to get them off her plate. Though we are heading to the county fair tomorrow. I'm looking forward to that.

[Andrea]

I'm glad you're able to help her out like that, Jan. What are moms for, right? ;) Ooh, have fun at the fair! I haven't been to one of those in so long. Sounds like a grand ol' time.

[Jan, Moderator]

I'm home and able to post our next treasure we found!

Treasure #27
Latitude: 55.67495929141152
Longitude: 12.574665657671133

Trundholm Sun Chariot
National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen

This unique Nordic bronze piece was discovered in 1902 by a farmer ploughing a peat bog in Trundholm, on the island of Zealand in southern Denmark. He spotted the elegant horse lying in the mud and thinking he had stumbled on an old toy, he brought it inside for his children. On further inspection, he contacted the National Museum of Denmark and it was soon determined that this treasure actually dates back to the Early Bronze Age, c.1400 BC.

The Sun Chariot is perhaps the finest example of a crucial aspect of Scandinavian Bronze Age religion: the cosmic passage of the sun through heavenly light and the darkness of the underworld. This eternal journey is depicted by a divine horse pulling an ornate golden disc, all on rotating wheels. The artifact is 54cm long, and the sun disc, which is gilded on one side, is about 25cm in diameter. It was cast using the ‘lost wax’ method, whereby an intricately detailed wax model with a clay core is completely encased in clay. On firing the entire work, the wax melts, leaving a cavity that can later be filled with molten metal.

Ninety-six years after the initial discovery, 21 additional parts of the Sun Chariot were discovered in the bog. These pieces – elements of the spokes, wheel rings, and axles – were painstakingly reassembled by museum staff and the completed piece is on display at the National Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has actually become a national symbol of Denmark and in 2010, it was introduced on the 1,000-krone banknote.

I enjoyed scrolling through this link for some close-up pictures and more info. You literally need to scroll to get the info to populate on this site: https://artsandculture.google.com/sto...

[Jan, Moderator]

Our next coordinates have been posted!

[Andrea]

I'll take Latitude 4 with Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis, 384 pages.

[Barb]

I can take latitude 0 with Silent Voices, originally published in 2010

[Karen ♐]

Love these treasures, Jan!

I'll take Latitude 2 with

[Meg, Contributor]

I'll take latitude 3 with The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star, #3 in series.

[Jan, Moderator]

Thank you Andrea, Barb, Karen & Meg!

[♞ Pat]

I'd like to contribute with Latitude 7 --

The Beekeeper of Aleppo ~ 337 pages

[Barb]

Finished latitude 0

Silent Voices (Vera Stanhope #4), by Ann Cleeves, finished 5/29/23 ★★★★

[Barb]

I can take one of the latitude 2s with A Fatal Groove, by Olivia Blacke. It's the second book in the series.

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Pat & Barb!

[♞ Pat]

♞ Pat wrote: "I'd like to contribute with Latitude 7 --

The Beekeeper of Aleppo ~ 337 pages"


Completed
5.30.23


Claiming the other Latitude 2 with
Amazing Grace Adams ~ 272 pages

[Andrea]

Finished Lise, 5/30/23.

[Andrea]

I'll take Latitude 6 with Great Expectations, 672 pages.

[Meg, Contributor]

Latitude 3 is done: The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star 05/30

I'll take latitude 4 with A Body to Die For #14 in series

[Jennifer]

I can take the final Latitude 2 with A Fatal Winter, Book 2 in the Max Tudor Series

[Jan, Moderator]

Thank you all!! Everyone should be updated.

[Barb]

Finished latitude 2

A Fatal Groove (Record Shop #2), by Olivia Blacke, finished 5/31 ★★★★

[Barb]

I can take longitude 5 with #5 in the series, The Tamarack Murders, by Patrick F. McManus.

[Jan, Moderator]

You are flying through the books Barb!! I'll get you updated :)

[♞ Pat]

♞ Pat wrote: "Claiming the other Latitude 2 with
Amazing Grace Adams ~ 272 page..."


Completed
5.31.23

This one wasn't great. Too many time shifts to keep up with, and about halfway in, I was reading it just to be done. If it hadn't been an ARC and a task book, I'd have probably DNF'd it.

Moving on.

Claiming Latitude 3 with It's Not a Cult
336 pages

[Jan, Moderator]

Sorry your book was a dud Pat! I will get you updated.

[♞ Pat]

Jan wrote: "Sorry your book was a dud Pat! I will get you updated."

Well, I figure they can't all be award winners, and you have to read a not great one sometimes so that you can really appreciate the ones that ARE great.

[Jan, Moderator]

So true!

[Karen ♐]

Karen ♐ wrote: "Love these treasures, Jan!

I'll take Latitude 2 with "

Finished 5/31/23 - 4 stars

[Karen ♐]

I'll take Latitude 8 with - 448 pgs

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Karen!

[Barb]

Finished longitude 5

The Tamarack Murders (Sheriff Bo Tully #5), by Patrick F. McManus, finished 6/2/23 ★★★.5

[Barb]

I can take one of the longitude 7s for #7 in the series, Another One Bites the Crust, by Ellie Alexander

[Jan, Moderator]

Got it...thanks Barb!

[♞ Pat]

It's Not a Cult is completed.

Claiming Longitude 9 with The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
389 pages

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Pat!

[Andrea]

Finished Great Expectations, 6/3/23.

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Andrea!

[Karen ♐]

Karen ♐ wrote: "I'll take Latitude 8 with - 448 pgs"

Finished 6/2/23 - 4 stars

[Karen ♐]

I'll take Latitude 4 with - 464 pgs

[Jan, Moderator]

Great Karen!

[Barb]

Finished longitude 7

Another One Bites the Crust (Bakeshop #7), by Ellie Alexander, finished 6/5/23 ★★★★

[Barb]

I'll take the last latitude 6 with Killer Takeout, by Lucy Burdette, published in 2016.

[Andrea]

I'll take Longitude 2 with Fields of Bounty by Lauraine Snelling, 320 pages.

[♞ Pat]

COMPLETED ~ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo


Claiming the 3 Latitude with The Collected Regrets of Clover
published 2023, 320 pages

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Barb, Andrea & Pat!

Pat there wasn't a LAT 3, so I put you down for LONG 3

[♞ Pat]

Jan wrote: "Thanks Barb, Andrea & Pat!

Pat there wasn't a LAT 3, so I put you down for LONG 3"

Perfect. Sorry - I need to learn to read, I guess.

[Meg, Contributor]

Latitude 4 is done: A Body to Die For #14 in series 06/06

I can take Longtitude 6 with Dressed Up 4 Murder, #6 in series

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Meg!

[Barb]

Finished latitude 6

Killer Takeout (Key West Food Critic #7), by Lucy Burdette, finished 6/7/23 ★★★★

[Barb]

I can take a longitude 6 with Junkyard Dogs, book #6 in the Walt Longmire series.

[Jan, Moderator]

Thanks Barb!