Father Crespi's Aurum
by Victor Rosario
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Title
Father Crespi's Aurum
Artist
Victor Rosario
Medium
Painting - Acrylic
Description
Father Carlos Crespi was a Silesian-monk who lived in Ecuador. Crespi received many artifacts from the indigenous people in Ecuador. When questioned, they told him they had found them in subterranean cave systems in the jungles.
In 1976, a major expedition entered the Cueva de los Tayos in search of artificial tunnels, lost gold, strange sculptures, and a “metallic library,” supposedly left by a lost civilization aided by extraterrestrials. Among the group was the astronaut Neil Armstrong.
Erich von Däniken first published his book ‘The Gold of the Gods’. Von Däniken’s claims that explorer János Juan Móricz had discovered unusual sculptures and a ‘gold library’ within apparently artificially carved passages, sensationalised the caves and planted the Cueva de los Tayos in the minds of many readers across the world as a site of mystery, conspiracy and power.
One such reader was Stan Hall; a Scottish civil engineer, who, inspired by Von Däniken’s claims, left his engineering job on the east coast of Scotland and in 1976 set about mounting the first major scientific expedition to Cueva de los Tayos.
One of the largest cave expeditions of its time, the 1976 expedition involved over 100 people including Ecuadorean and British government officials, joint special forces, and top scientists and speleologists of the time alongside astronaut Neil Armstrong who took the role of Honorary President of the expedition.
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