is himself king of the Geats‚ and finds his realm terrorised by a dragon whose treasure had been stolen from his hoard in a burial mound. He attacks the dragon with the help of his thegns or servants‚ but they do not succeed. Beowulf decides to follow the dragon into its lair‚ at Earnanæs‚ but only his young Swedish relative Wiglaf dares join him. Beowulf finally slays the dragon‚ but is mortally wounded. He is buried in a tumulus or burial mound‚ by the sea. Beowulf is considered an epic poem in
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a mummy. In 3000 BC when Ancient Egyptian were roaming the world‚ they had a very complex life. Ancient Egyptians mummies are one of the world’s most interesting ancient artifacts due to how they were made‚ why were they made‚ and where they were buried. The steps to making an Ancient Egyptian mummy are complex. First‚ you clean the body‚ you remove the organs but the heart by cutting a slit on the side of their side‚ and the organs were but into canopic jars. Then your skin was rubbed with precious
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his recurring dream of finding his treasure located at the Egyptian Pyramids. Eventually‚ as he go on through his journey‚ he learns to speak the "Language of the World" and discovering the essence of alchemy. He meets different people along his way‚ starting with the fortune-teller whom he asks to interpret his recurring dream that night while sleeping near a sycamore tree in the sacristy of an abandoned church. The lady says he should pursue finding his treasure and when he does find it‚ he must
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and Tom Walker is a short story‚ written in 1824 by was Washington Irving. The story takes place in a swamp near Boston‚ in these swamps there lies a treasure buried by Kidd the Pirate‚ but guard by satan himself. After many years‚ Kidd The Pirate is finally caught and sentenced to be lynched for pirating‚ The devil sought out to sell the treasure at a high cost. Of course‚ the cost would be the buyers soul‚ which is a cost not too many people are willing to pay. Tom is a miserly man who has a wife
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The Alchemist The Alchemist by Paul Coelho is a memorable and meaningful story about a young shepherd named Santiago‚ who has a dream about finding a treasure buried in the Pyramids of Egypt. As he travels in search for his treasure‚ he learns to listen to his heart and realize that his Personal Legend is part of the Soul of the World. He meets people along the way who points Santiago in the direction of his quest. Throughout the novel‚ this inspiring novel displays various themes. Three major
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Vale of York Hoard (buried around 927 AD). Viking objects; found near Harrogate‚ Yorkshire On the surface‚ everything is idyllic . . . imagine a broad green field in Yorkshire. In the distance rolling hills‚ woods and a light morning mist - it’s the epitome of a peaceful‚ unchanging England. But scratch this surface - or more appropriately‚ wave a metal detector over it - and a very different England emerges‚ a land of violence and panic‚ not at all secure behind its defending sea‚ but terrifyingly
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couple” looking for their treasure‚ in the house they previously lived in while alive. While alive‚ the ghosts lived in the house more than a century before the current residents. The woman died first‚ this is when the man left her and the house‚ he “went North‚ went East‚ saw the stars turned in the Southern sky.” Later when the man died‚ he returned to join the woman ghost at the house they occupied while together. Fearing‚ that the new couple may have found their treasure‚ the ghosts go from “room
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box that was buried in the soil. When he opened it‚ he was astonished to discover that it was filled with valuable gemstones and coins made of silver and gold. Since he owned the land where it was found‚ he could have kept the treasure for himself. But the peasant was a truly honest man. He at once went to the peasant from whom he had bought the land and showed him the treasure. “What is this?” asked the previous owner of the plot. The peasant told him the story of how the treasure was found. But
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In the novel treasure island they are trying to find captain Flint’s treasure. But in real life pirates rarely buried their treasure. Also not all pirates were males some famous pirates like Mary Read and Anne Bonny were women (source 3 10 myths and facts about pirates). All these myths were brought upon by books romanticizing the idea of pirates. Although book sometimes get it right in treasure island the pirates sailed ships used guns and caused mutinies
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He had a reoccurring dream that there was a treasure at the Pyramids. After talking with Melchizedek‚ the King of Salem‚ I believe his fear was to not discover his Personal Legend of finding the treasure. “I’m an adventurer‚ looking for treasure.” (Santiago‚ page 45) There were several omens along his journey that made him fearful of pursuing the treasure. When he met the alchemist at the oasis there was a tribal war happening around them making
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