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A local farmer had pointed American explorer and treasure-hunter Hiram Bingham toward the lost city high in the Peruvian Andes, above what is now Cuzco, calling it "machu picchu," or "old peak."
Meg Waite Clayton: Exploring Machu Picchu 100 Years After Hiram Bingham Meg Waite Clayton 2011
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LONDON — It's an unprecedented find that could revolutionize ideas about medieval England's Germanic rulers: An amateur treasure-hunter searching a farmer's field with a metal detector unearthed a huge collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver artifacts.
Anglo-Saxon Treasures, Largest Hoard Ever, Found By Amateur Terry Herbert In UK 2010
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LONDON — It's an unprecedented find that could revolutionize ideas about medieval England's Germanic rulers: An amateur treasure-hunter searching a farmer's field with a metal detector unearthed a huge collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver artifacts.
Anglo-Saxon Treasures, Largest Hoard Ever, Found By Amateur Terry Herbert In UK 2010
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Famed treasure-hunter (in Hollywood, this, along with "tomb raider," is a synonym for "archaeologist") Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) has just received shocking news: a shady antiquities collector (Ed Harris) has evidence that an ancestor of Gates conspired in the assassination of President Lincoln.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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Famed treasure-hunter (in Hollywood, this, along with "tomb raider," is a synonym for "archaeologist") Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) has just received shocking news: a shady antiquities collector (Ed Harris) has evidence that an ancestor of Gates conspired in the assassination of President Lincoln.
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Meanwhile treasure-hunter Rhys Llewellyn wants the scroll, but Gabe so far has refused though his seduction and her pondering not having to deal any longer with the duty makes handing it over feel like nirvana.
Marked by Passion-Kate Perry « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008
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This is one of Margery Allingham's Albert Campion mysteries, but her usual cast of appealing characters is overshadowed by the figure of the murderous treasure-hunter Jack Havoc.
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And isn't it perhaps true that there is a desire to be a treasure-hunter in all of us ...
Stop Press - Lost City Found and Jim Carrey Has A Period! Sharon Bakar 2005
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It goes back to presenting Lupin as more of a treasure-hunter than an actual thief, so someone new to the Lupin III franchise might wonder why the cops are always after him.
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It goes back to presenting Lupin as more of a treasure-hunter than an actual thief, so someone new to the Lupin III franchise might wonder why the cops are always after him.
Archive 2007-08-01 Bob 2007
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