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Using Spirits To Find Treasure

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It appears that some looters and treasure seekers in the Middle East have resorted to employing jinn to help them - even to the extent of submitting to spirit possession for guidance ...

Middle East Looters Turn to Spirit Possession to Find Gold Treasure

Some looters operating near the city of Ramallah in the West Bank have turned to spirit possession in hopes of finding gold treasure, research shows.

As "antique" gold coins from the Middle East pour into the United States, some looters are turning to spirits called "jinn" in their hunt for gold treasure. A few gold seekers even go so far as to try to get the jinn to possess them in hopes that the spirits will guide them to that hidden jackpot.

However, research by archaeologists and an investigation conducted by Live Science suggest that rarely, if ever, does using the jinn help looters find gold artifacts. Rather, metal detectors and mass excavation of archaeological sites seem to be the most effective ways of looting treasure. ...

FULL STORY: https://www.livescience.com/64130-middle-east-looters-spirit-possession.html
 
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