Britain S Secret Treasures

Author : Mary-Ann Ochota
Publisher : Headline
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755365746

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Britain's Secret Treasures by Mary-Ann Ochota Pdf

For hundreds of thousands of years our ancestors have walked these isles burying, dropping and throwing away their belongings, and now these treaures lie waiting for us, keeping their secrets until we uncover them once more. Every year, hundreds of vaulable artefacts are discovered by ordinary members of the British public. Here in Britain's Secret Treasures, which accompanies the ITV series, the British Museum chooses eighty of the most fascinating finds ever reported and Mary-Ann Ochota shares with us the moving histories that bring each piece to life. There is also a detailed chapter showing you how you can get involved in archaeology too. From hoards of Roman gold and Bronze Age drinking vessels to tiny Viking spindle whorls and weapons from dozens of wars, all manner of treausres are described here. Some help prove that our ancestors were alive over half a million years ago, some saw their modern-day finders receive a generous reward, all provide an insight into the wodnerful, dynamic, colourful history of our nation.

Author : Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : WISC:89096338439

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Secret Treasure by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill Pdf

Author : A. Verrill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1482322757

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Secret Treasure by A. Verrill Pdf

The romance of hidden treasure has long been a subject of interest to A. Hyatt Verrill. In a previous book, 'Lost Treasure/' the author tracked down the existing treasures in South and Central America and along the Spanish Maine. In ''Secret Treasure," he gives a fascinating account of the hidden riches of the British Isles, a record which is based upon months of laborious research. As the author explains, in Great Britain there has been ample opportunity and motive for the hiding of possessions in the centuries that have passed and in the waves of warfare of one kind or another that have inundated the small islands. The scope of the story embraces England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and includes accounts of such fabulous treasures as that of the Florencea Galleon whereon was lost the gold of the Armada, the treasure of the Tower of London, which Pepys writes about, and traditional treasures like Dick Wittington's and that of Wallingford Castle. "Secret Treasure" is an exciting adventure into a field which is perpetually romantic. It is told in a delightfully vivid manner. It is Mr. Verrill at his best.

Author : A. Hyatt Verrill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1494071886

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Secret Treasure by A. Hyatt Verrill Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1931 edition.

Author : Mary-Ann Ochota
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780711288850

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Secret Britain by Mary-Ann Ochota Pdf

In Secret Britain, join anthropologist and broadcaster Mary-Ann Ochota for a tour of more than 70 of Britain's most intriguing archaeological sites and artefacts.

Author : Mary-Ann Ochota
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780711240087

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Hidden Histories: A Spotter's Guide to the British Landscape by Mary-Ann Ochota Pdf

For the times when you’re driving past a lumpy, bumpy field and you wonder what made the lumps and bumps; for when you’re walking between two lines of grand trees, wondering when and why they were planted; for when you see a brown heritage sign pointing to a ‘tumulus’ but you don’t know what to look for… Entertaining and factually rigorous, Hidden Histories will help you decipher the story of our landscape through the features you can see around you. This Spotter’s Guide arms the amateur explorer with the crucial information needed to ‘read’ the landscape and spot the human activities that have shaped our green and pleasant land. Photographs and diagrams point out specific details and typical examples to help the curious Spotter ‘get their eye in’ and understand what they’re looking at, or looking for. Specially commissioned illustrations bring to life the processes that shaped the landscape - from medieval ploughing to Roman road building - and stand-alone capsules explore interesting aspects of history such as the Highland Clearances or the coming of Christianity. This unique guide uncovers the hidden stories behind the country's landscape, making it the perfect companion for an exploration of our green and pleasant land.

Author : Neil Faulkner
Publisher : Bbc Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0563487909

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Hidden Treasures by Neil Faulkner Pdf

In Hidden Treasures, the reader is engaged in the process of discovery as we follow real archaeological finds that provide a picture of our mysterious past. Through beautiful archaeological artifacts, such as iron swords, enamelled brooches, and coin hoards, we piece together what the ancient site represented, and this leads to clues about the life of the people who lived there.

Author : Byron Preiss
Publisher : ibooks
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-05
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Secret by Byron Preiss Pdf

The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they remained hidden until now... Across North America, these twelve treasures, over ten-thousand dollars in precious jewels, are buried. The key to finding each can be found within the twelve full color paintings and verses of The Secret. Yet The Secret is much more than that. At long last, you can learn not only the whereabouts of the Fair People's treasure, but also the modern forms and hiding places of their descendants: the Toll Trolls, Maitre D'eamons, Elf Alphas, Tupperwerewolves, Freudian Sylphs, Culture Vultures, West Ghosts and other delightful creatures in the world around us. The Secret is a field guide to them all. Many "armchair treasure hunt" books have been published over the years, most notably Masquerade (1979) by British artist Kit Williams. Masquerade promised a jewel-encrusted golden hare to the first person to unravel the riddle that Williams cleverly hid in his art. In 1982, while everyone in Britain was still madly digging up hedgerows and pastures in search of the golden hare, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America. The previous year, author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to match one of 12 paintings to one of 12 poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging. Since 1982, only two of the 12 casques have been recovered. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1984 by a group of students. The second was unearthed in 2004 in Cleveland by two members of the Quest4Treasure forum. Preiss was killed in an auto accident in the summer of 2005, but the hunt for his casques continues.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 190878721X

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Britain's Treasure Islands by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jan Bowman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Birmingham (England)
ISBN : 1902407938

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This Is Birmingham by Jan Bowman Pdf

Drawing on Birmingham's rich history, this book takes the reader on a journey through the city's past, revealing the dynamic nature of the urban heart of England.

Author : Tom Quinn
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781607652489

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Secret Britain by Tom Quinn Pdf

This alternative tour of Britain offers more than 150 fascinating and beautiful, yet obscure and less-visited places that receive little coverage in more conventional guides.

Author : Marjorie Caygill,British Museum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Arte
ISBN : UOM:39015011224964

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Treasures of the British Museum by Marjorie Caygill,British Museum Pdf

One of the great treasure-houses, the British museum has a collection almost unequalled in its range and wealth: the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles, Egyptian mummies, Botticelli and Michelangelo drawings, Assyrian reliefs and the Sutton Hoo Treasure, many of which have intriguing stories behind them which only an expert can relate. In this superb book Marjorie Caygill reveals and delights in the intriguing stories behind these treasures and many more. Lavishly illustrated this is both a valuable record of a unique insitution and a fascinating keepsake for visitors.

Author : William Malpas Clarke
Publisher : National Museums of Scotland
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124184867

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Hidden Treasures of the Romanovs by William Malpas Clarke Pdf

The story of the Romanov jewels and of Englishman Albert Stopford who risked his life to smuggle millions of pounds worth of of the precious gems from Russia to London in 1917.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0709568959

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A Grand Tour of Britain's Hidden Treasures by Anonim Pdf

Author : D'Arcy O'Connor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781493039166

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Secret Treasure of Oak Island by D'Arcy O'Connor Pdf

It started on a summer afternoon in 1795 when a young man named Daniel McGinnis found what appeared to be an old site on an island off the Acadian coast, a coastline fabled for the skullduggery of pirates. The notorious Captain Kidd was rumored to have left part of his treasure somewhere along here, and as McGinnis and two friends started to dig, they found what turned out to be an elaborately engineered shaft constructed of oak logs, nonindigenous coconut mats, and landfill that came to be known as the Money Pit. Ever since that summer day in 1795, the possibility of what might be hidden in the depths of a small island off the south coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, has made it the site of the world's longest, most expensive, and most perplexing treasure hunt. Author D'Arcy O'Connor recounts the fascinating stories and amazing discoveries of past and current treasure seekers who have sought Oak Island's fabled treasure for over two hundred years. It has baffled scientists and madmen, scholars and idiots, millionaires and get-rich-quick schemers, psychics, engineers, charlatans, and even a former president of the United States. The island has consumed the fortunes-and in some cases, the lives-of those who have obsessively set out to unlock its secret. Despite all their efforts, the mystery remains unsolved, and not a single dime of treasure has ever been recovered. The present-day search is an archaeological dig exceeding anything ever done anywhere for similar purposes, and it may well result in the discovery of one of the world's richest and most historically significant treasures. But this is also the story of individuals who have dedicated years of their lives to discover what was buried long ago beneath this strange island. They are driven by a lust for gold, by archaeological curiosity, and by their determination to outwit the engineer who was responsible for the Oak Island enigma.