

Johann Heiss: Devil's Invocation; Treasure Diggers, circa 1696, Oil on canvas, 87 x 105 cm, Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen.
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
The connection between treasure hunting and magical rituals

Laocoön and His Sons, also known as the Laocoön Group. Marble, replica from a Hellenistic original dating back to 200 BCE, found in the Trajan's Baths in Rome in 1507.
LivioAndronico (2014), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikipedia