Carrying on a venerable tradition of filmic archaeologists and adventurists such as Indiana Jones, the new Tintin film by Steven Spielberg, entitled "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn, " mixes the story-lines of several of Herge's books and follows Tintin and friends hunting for centuries-old treasure.
The old McIlhenny Plantation trash heap is a treasure trove of old TABASCO bottles.
Google Maps is following up last year's 8-bit maps overlay with an old-timey treasure map.
While his subjects were tanning themselves by a Palm Springs hotel pool, Mr. Bendjelloul escaped for an hour to interview Steve Rowland, a music producer who had worked with Rodriguez and had a treasure trove of old photographs of the singer.
The historical, architectural treasure-trove of Old Goa, filled with the remnants of a city that once rivalled Rome, are a quick rickshaw or moped ride away.
It seemed a pity to have travelled to one of the gaudiest treasure ports along the old Spanish Main and to not at least have a crack at seeing some gold doubloons, especially since rumours abound of beachcombers here occasionally finding delicious bits of treasure washed up on the sands after a storm.
The pieces include a rare Gutenberg bible, paintings by Monet and Matisse, and priceless 5, 000 year-old gold artefacts known as Priam's Treasure.
But as lovely a treasure as it is, an old-fashioned printed world atlas is not on the same plane or even the same planet as Google Earth (and its sister, Google Maps).
If the old gold there intrigues you, the second Treasure Gallery will transport you: illuminated case after case of works, mundane and magisterial, imbued with the subtle power to reach out to us across these centuries.
Under the 1996 Treasure Act, items more than 300 years old and containing precious metals have to be declared.
In a brief nod to more old-school exploration, the game gives you a treasure map to hunt down some magical armor.
Music and ceili dance sessions, horse trading, burger and chip-eating and fireworks ensue and the festival comes to a close when a local 12-year old schoolgirl gets crowned Queen Puck, a title to treasure till August comes 'round again.
They are 'treasure trove' because any silver object more than 300 years old is automatically in that category.
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There's an old saying that one man's trash is another man's treasure.
That year's Treasure Act makes the process for gold and silver finds over 300 years old absolutely clear.
But it has also set off a debate: Has Fenn truly hidden the treasure chest or was this, for the idiosyncratic, publicity-loving 82-year-old who loves to tell tales, just another way to have fun, a great caper to bolster his legacy?
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