The first known mention of them was when the 200 lead plates were discovered in the warehouse of the Bucharest Museum of Antiquities, Romania, in the 19th century.
However, some renewed interest in the plates among non-scholars has been shown more than a century later, following the publication of a report about them by engineer Dan Romalo in 2003.
[2] Allegedly, the gold was used either in the building of Peleș Castle, or the plates were part of the Romanian Treasure which was never returned by Russia after World War I.
[3] An analysis made at the Institute of Atomic Physics [ro] in Măgurele concluded that the composition of the plates is very similar to printing lead manufactured in the 19th century.
In addition to the text, the plates also contain many complex illustrations, including those of armies, kings, cities, temples and buildings.