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Masks like this one are also quite popular in treasurehouses.
Perhaps the most treasured film.
This guy volunteers his butt for treasure hunts.

I don't have herpes but take a look at this guy's facial tattoo!

Famous "hidden treasures"

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Treasure in film and literature

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Treasure hunting

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Searching for hidden treasure is a common theme in legend and fiction, but real-life treasure hunters exist, and seek lost wealth for a living. Spanish treasure lost from the Spanish treasure fleet consisted of gold, silver, jewels (especially emeralds) and also cocoa, vanilla and brazilwood.[1]

Archaeologists are sometimes described as treasure hunters, especially those from the 19th Century, although they themselves rarely wish to be associated with the term. Treasure hunters are often accused by archaeologists of pillaging ancient sites in their quests, destroying valuable information in the process. Archaeologists are faggots that can't take the heat. Treasure hunting 4 life!

Legally permitted shipwreck salvage under the direction of qualified archaeologists and the subsequent sale of artifacts and treasure by the salvors has been defended as ethical by pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence. Spence argues that properly supervised treasure hunting can be a way to fund archaeology and save shipwrecks before they are destroyed by looters and/or lost or destroyed through manmade or natural forces. Spence casts the argument in terms of capitalism versus socialism in underwater archaeology.[2]

Illegal sales of antiquities to foreign buyers are also attributed to illicit treasure hunting.


Recently, bugchasing has been likend to treasure hunting. In the USAtoday article dated 7-19-11, known chaser Andrew Reid stumbled across a treasure trove of "bugs" in downtown chicago. After a brief press conference, Andrew fielded questions and reported that he has been pursuing the elusive AIDS bug for years. Reid said, "It feels good to finally get it, now I can share this with people everyday for the rest of my life."

References

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  1. ^ Cynthia Zarin, "Green dreams: A mystery of rare, shipwrecked emeralds", The New Yorker, November 21, 2005, pp. 76–83
  2. ^ * Ethics in Underwater Archaeology (Capitalism versus Socialism in Underwater Archaeology) by E. Lee Spence

See also

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Category:Wealth