#32: A Gold Mine
Another thing that we humans are pretty obsessed with is gold. I think it really speaks to our residual cavemen instincts that we see something shiny in the ground, say “pretty,” and immediately decide that it’s incredibly valuable, worth fighting wars for, and stored in underground vaults hidden away from thieves.
In order to understand why the Vatican has so much of it, we need to remember that historically, the Church was more powerful than most countries. Personally, I’m a big fan of the Da Vinci Code, so I’ve long dreamed of breaking into the Vatican vaults and catching a glimpse of all their hoarded treasure.