Been reading up on old hoards of gold and silver.   In ancient times, before banks existed, one of the main ways people used to keep their wealth safe was to bury it.  These buried 'stashes' of wealth are known as hoards.   If this was done well, the treasure would have been hard or even impossible to find.   However this also had its drawbacks: If the person passed away, the secret of where their hoard was, would have gone with them.  
While this might have been bad news for the ancients, it ...
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