buried, it stood outside of the tomb as a grave marker and replaced huge vases…
A few miles from Boston, in Massachusetts, there is a deep inlet winding several miles into the interior of the country from Charles Bay, and terminating in a thickly wooded swamp, or morass. On one side of this inlet is a beautiful dark grove; on the opposite side the land rises abruptly from the water's edge, into a high ridge on which grow a few scattered oaks of great age and immense size. Under one of these gigantic trees, according to old stories, there was a great amount of treasure buried by Kidd the pirate. The inlet allowed a facility to bring the money in a boat secretly and at night to the very foot of the hill. The elevation of the place permitted a good look out to be kept that no one was at hand, while the remarkable trees formed good landmarks by which the place might easily be found again.…
He was very scared of having to share the riches with anyone. He instructed all those digging, to place all the gold, gems and minerals in a Section of the Cave while others build a fence from local trees around the riches. Quickly, there was fighting among Captain Barbados Crew and slaves as many tried to escape with riches but were killed by Captain…
At the burial site in southern Europe they excavated golden ornaments that were found in abundance at a site of an Amazon warrior woman’s grave.…
The art work in the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum got stolen, it only took a whole two minutes for the criminal to steal the art work. It has been missing for twenty-five years. The stolen works are valued at 500 million dollars, making this robbery the largest theft in the American history. The whole stolen art took 2 whole decades to gather hundreds of investigate documents and photos of the missing art work.…
8. What conclusions can you draw about the engineering skills of the people who created this burial site? Based on how savage and primitive you may have thought these people were, how does Sutton Hoo change your estimation of their accomplishments? They had a complex understanding of engineering and it completely changed my perspective of their accomplishments…
The second part of this story is a royal one, and equally as interesting as the first. King Louis XIV was the next recorded owner of this mysterious jewel. He had it recut by the royal jeweler to a 64 carat (still gigantic) size and was shortly thereafter dubbed “The French Blue” (Department of Mineral Sciences). It was mostly worn around his neck to special…
Government Documents: The Mayflower Compact, The Charter of Massachusetts Bay, and the letters from Christopher Columbus to the Queen.…
Jewelry seen aboard the Titanic would have included the platinum and diamond styling of the Edwardian “Age of Elegance” era that predominated from 1910 up until 1912. The designs were indicative of the luxury and elegance that came with the wealth and prosperity of the times. Jewelry was inspired by the laces and brocades of fashion and the…
In the spring of 1607 three English ships dropped anchor in Chesapeake Bay. With high…
On July 17, a steam ship docked in Seattle and unloaded about a million dollars worth of gold.…
to Catherine the Great and still bears a Russian inscription on the frame and a Hermitage…
Fact: Sorry. This legend persists anywhere Blackbeard ever spent significant time, such as North Carolina or New Providence. In reality, pirates rarely (if ever) buried treasure. The myth comes from the classic story Treasure Island, which incidentally features a pirate character named Israel Hands, who was Blackbeard's real-life boatswain. Also, much of the loot that Blackbeard took consisted of things like barrels of sugar and cocoa which would be worthless today had he buried them.…
opera heroines. Where is the love that is supposed to go along with the pain?…
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