Reward for tourists who handed in buried treasure from Stone Age Adam MacHale had always dreamed of finding treasure on Adam MacHale had always dreamed of finding treasure on his travels. But as the British holidaymaker scoured scoured the his travels. But as the British holidaymakerthe shallows of a beach in Brittany, he didn’t expect to find more than a few to find shallows of a beach in Brittany, he didn’t expect pretty seashells. more than a few pretty seashells.
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Even when something greenish-coloured caught his eye in the sea off Petit when something greenish-coloured he had found in Even Rohu beach he believed that, at best,caught his eye a clam shell.
the sea off Petit Rohu beach he believed that, at best, he It turned out to be shell. had found a clam a Stone Age axe – one of four he found in what French It turned out to be a Stone Age axe – one of four he found in what French experts are hailing as an exceptional Now Mr MacHale and Sonia Hoba, his French girlfriend, have been archaeological discovery. put forward for a prize from the Ministry of Culture for donating the Now Mr MacHale and Sonia Hoba, his French girlfriend, have been put forward for a prize from the Ministry of Officials say they deserve the reward, which could be as much as Culture for donating the neolithic axes to the state. much as £23,800, for resisting the temptation to keep the objects or to sell them
experts are hailing as an exceptional archaeological discovery.
The Essay on Stone Age
There are many similarities and differences between the way the people of the Old Stone Age and the people of the New Stone Age obtained their food. In the Old Stone Age, people hunted for their food, while the people of the New Stone Age also had farming to obtain their food. Gathering was a source of food for people in both time periods. “Prehistoric people clearly had a very close relationship ...
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neolithic axes to the state.
£23,800, for resisting the temptation to keep the objects or to sell them to a private they deserve the reward, which could be as Officials saycollector. “They behaved really well and responsibly, like good citizens should,” said Emmanuelle Vigier, to a private collector. 15 curator at Carnac Museum of Prehistory in Southern Brittany, where the axes went on display this week. behaved really well and responsibly, like good citizens should,” said “They Mr MacHale, 38, a telecommunications engineer from Malvern, Worcestershire, noticed a pair of where the axes went on display this week. glistening objects sticking out of the mud at low tide while on holiday with his two children and Mr Hoba, 34, in a telecommunications engineer 2007. MsMacHale, 38, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon in August from Malvern, Worcestershire,
Emmanuelle Vigier, curator at Carnac Museum of Prehistory in Southern Brittany,
noticed a pair of glistening objects sticking out of the mud at low tide while on holiday with his two two edges of a Hoba, 34, in Saint-Pierre-Quiberon in August 20 “I thought they were children and Msclam shell and I was a bit nervous putting my hand down at 2007. first in case it snapped shut on me.” “I thought they were two edges of a clam shell and I was a bit nervous putting my
The axes, made from jadeite, were buried in what was then marshland, about 6,500 years ago, hand down at first in case it snapped shut on me.” according to French scientists. Researchers believe that the axes, made from a rock found in the Italian Alps, were owned by a were buriedchieftain was thenpossibly been received as a form of The axes, made from jadeite, Stone Age in what and had marshland, about 25 diplomatic gift from leadersto French scientists. Researchers believe that the axes, 6,500 years ago, according elsewhere.
UN shuts lid on sunken treasure chests Historic shipwrecks and sunken cities will be protected against theft by treasure hunters after an agreement was adopted by Unesco yesterday. The agreement on the protection of underwater cultural heritage, which took four years to draw up, was adopted by Unesco’s 138 member states meeting in Paris yesterday.
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Bitterly opposed by private salvage operators, and only partially backed by Europe’s traditional seafaring nations, it outlaws stealing from ancient shipwrecks and underwater archaeological sites, a source of rich and growing profits for treasure hunters at the expense of the world’s heritage.
The Essay on Unesco World Heritage
The committee discusses which place is listed on World Heritage List once per a year. To become World Heritage Site, the place must have excellent worldwide worth and reach one of ten assortments principle per natural and cultural heritage as a minimum (“World Heritage List Nominations). A first criterion is that the site shows a work of art of people’s original uncommon ability. Second, the site ...
“As no site or shipwreck is prohibited to treasure hunters, protecting our underwater heritage is extremely important and increasingly urgent,” Lyndel Prott of Unesco’s cultural heritage division 10 said. “Also, new technologies have made deep-water wrecks easily accessible.” Unesco estimates that more than 3 million undiscovered shipwrecks remain scattered across the world’s ocean floors. In Portugal alone at least six international treasure hunting companies have set up base to exploit 15 the immensely rich underwater heritage off its coast, Unesco said, and in the Philippines local fishermen are recruited to scour the seabed for wrecked Spanish galleons. “An archaeologist can spend years studying and excavating a ship, conserving its objects and publishing his findings,” Mounir Bouchenaki of Unesco said.
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“With treasure hunters, records are not kept and artefacts are spread around the world in private collections,” he said. “This is tragic for humanity as a whole. Where there is no knowledge, there is no memory.” When a site was excavated properly, he added, everyone benefited. The archaeological survey of the ship, Pandora, which sank in 1791 off the coast of Queensland, Australia, helped complete the story of the mutiny on the Bounty and the extraordinary search for the mutineers.
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The agreement, which will come into force once 20 countries have ratified it, is designed to fill a legal vacuum. Although many states already protect and manage historic wrecks and sites within their waters, those wrecks in international waters – such as the Titanic – are “basically up for grabs”.
The agreement defines underwater cultural heritage as “all traces of human existence of a cultural, historical or archaeological character which have been partially or totally under water for at least 30 100 years”. The oceans cover seven-tenths of the planet. They also wash over the debris of 5,000 years of human history. But only with the development of scuba diving and mobile submersibles, capable of withstanding fierce pressures miles below the surface, have we been able to look at the largest unexplored area on earth.
The Term Paper on Different Types of Soils in India
1. Black soils The principal region of black soils is the Deccan plateau and its periphery extending from 8°45’to 26o north latitude and 68o to 83o45′ east longitude. They are formed from Deccan basalt trap rocks and occur in areas under the monsoon climate, mostly of semi-arid and sub-humid types. The overall climate of black soil region may be described as hot and dry summer, 40-100 ...
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The most dramatic prizes lie in ancient sunken shipping. Robert Ballard, who found the Titanic, has discovered five ships of the Roman period settled in soft Mediterranean mud.
In 1943, Gordon Butcher found a big metal dish while he was ploughing a field near Mildenhall in England. He and his boss, Sydney Ford, dug up from there 34 items of buried Roman silver. Ford kept the treasure for three years and told no-one about it. When the “find” was revealed to the authorities, Ford and Butcher only got a small reward and not the full market value they would have received if they had reported it right away. This account tells of Butcher’s first discovery. Around three o’clock the thing happened. There was a slight jolt, the wooden peg broke, and the tractor left the plough behind. Butcher stopped, dismounted and walked back to the plough to see what it had struck. It was surprising for this to have happened here, in a field. There should be no oak trees underneath the soil in this place. He knelt down beside the plough and began to scoop the soil away around the point of the ploughshare. The lower tip of the share was twelve inches down. There was a lot of soil to be scooped up. He dug his gloved fingers into the earth and scooped it out with both hands. Six inches down… eight inches… ten inches… twelve. He slid his fingers along the blade of the ploughshare until they reached the forward point of it. The soil was loose and crumbly, and it kept falling back 10 into the hole he was digging. He could not therefore see the twelve-inch-deep point of the share. He could only feel it. And now he could feel that the point was indeed lodged against something solid. He scooped away more earth. He enlarged the hole. It was necessary to see clearly what sort of an obstacle he had struck. If it was fairly small, then perhaps he could dig it out with his hands and get on with the job. If it was a tree-trunk he would have to go back to Ford’s and fetch a spade.
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‘Come on,’ he said aloud. ‘I’ll have you out of there, you hidden demon, you rotten old thing.’ And suddenly, as the gloved fingers scraped away a final handful of black earth, he caught sight of the curved rim of something flat, like the rim of a huge thick plate sticking up out of the soil. He rubbed the rim with his fingers and he rubbed again. Then all at once, the rim gave off a greenish glint, and Gordon Butcher bent his head closer and closer still, peering down into the little hole he had dug 20 with his hands. For one last time, he rubbed the rim clean with his fingers, and in a flash of light, he saw clearly the unmistakable blue-green crust of ancient buried metal, and his heart stood still.
The Essay on Were Romans Obsessed With Violence
In many modern books written about Ancient Rome and her people, the Romans are often portrayed as brutal and unforgiving people who enjoyed violence and thought it amusing to see people being injured and killed to the point of obsession. It is my aim to establish whether this classification is justified or if it is simply an exaggeration of what a small group of people enjoyed. While it is known ...
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It should be explained here that farmers in this part of Suffolk, and particularly in the Mildenhall area, have for years been turning up ancient objects from the soil. Flint arrowheads from very long ago have been found in considerable numbers, but more interesting than that, Roman pottery 25 and Roman implements have also been found. It is known that the Romans favoured this part of the country during their occupation of Britain, and all local farmers are therefore well aware of the possibility of finding something interesting during a day’s work. And so there was a kind of permanent awareness among Mildenhall people of the presence of treasure underneath the earth of their land.
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Gordon Butcher’s reaction, as soon as he saw the rim of that enormous plate, was a curious one. He immediately drew away. Then he got to his feet and turned his back on what he had just seen. He paused only long enough to switch off the engine of his tractor before he walked off fast in the direction of the road. He did not know precisely what impulse caused him to stop digging and walk away. He will tell you that the only thing he can remember about those first few seconds was the whiff of danger that came to him from that little patch of greenish blue. The moment he touched it with his fingers, something electric went through his body, and there came to him a powerful premonition that this was a thing that could destroy the peace and happiness of many people. In the beginning, all he had
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shed was to be away from it, and to leave it behind him and be done with it for ever. But after he had gone a few hundred yards or so, he began to slow his pace. At the gate leading out from Thistley Green, he stopped. ‘What in the world is the matter with you, Mr Gordon Butcher?’ he said aloud to the howling wind. ‘Are you frightened or something? No, I’m not frightened. But I’ll tell you straight, I’m not keen to handle this alone.’
The Term Paper on Barbarization Of The Roman Army
... MacMullen, states that by the mid-fourth century no Roman general wanted Roman troops, they wanted barbarians, and that by this ... Germans acting in such a way were acting as Romans involved in Roman culture, not a corrupting outside force. As Hugh ... University of Oklahoma Press, Norman and London, 1983Thompson, E.A., Romans and Barbarians, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1982Wells, Peter, ...
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That was when he thought of Ford.
