Why would buried treasure be abandoned ?

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Yep. And there are CITIES still evident where the workers lived while they were working on them. Lots of evidence. We even know who they were designed by (by name) and who they were built for.

Evidence.

 

[Dave Rishar]

Yep. And there are CITIES still evident where the workers lived while they were working on them. Lots of evidence. We even know who they were designed by (by name) and who they were built for.

Let's not forget the best reason not to make comparisons between pyramids and the Money Pit: pyramids have been found in the past.

The best evidence of the existence of something is...well, the existence of something.