But less prosaically he says he plans to gather its collections scattered around London and return them home to rejoin the museum's panoramic display of world civilization, starting with treasures from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome, much of it collected during the glory days of the British Empire.
You have some sort of incident here, and your first step is to find out who are the suspects" that might have made a civilization bury its treasures and suddenly vanish.
Thousands of archaeological sites — containing some of the oldest treasures of civilization — have been left unprotected, allowing what officials of Iraq's antiquities board say is a resumption of brazenly illegal excavations, especially here in southern Iraq.
Will the equivalent of history texts in the year 5000 record a period in civilization where people actually treasured notions like inalienable rights?
Although jadeite was particularly valued and treasured by this civilization, a variety of green minerals such as omphacite, quartz, muscovite and albite were identified in the various ornaments studied.
SEATTLE "Treasures From a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art From Sichuan".
Spanning the ages from the 13th century B.C. to the third century A.D., "Treasures From a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art From Sichuan" continues through June 16.
"Treasures From a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art From Sichuan" is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, (212) 535-7710, through June 16.
But there is always room for more, as is demonstrated by "Treasures From a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art From Sichuan" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a stunning exhibition that brings a whole new alp of Chinese achievement into view.
Coincidentally, a larger Eastern Han bronze horse, 53 inches tall, with a free-standing groom, is in the show "Treasures From a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art From Sichuan," which runs through June 16 at the Metropolitan.
