Sentence examples for treasure of which from inspiring English sources

Often, the treasure of which they were stripped had been extracted from mines worked by slaves in stolen colonies.

Below the lobby, there is a museum housing the local archaeological treasures, of which Balthazar reminds his wife, "Baby, we need to videotape that before we leave".

He forged alliances with, among others, Somerset House in London and the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas to display some of its rich repository of treasures, of which only a small percentage are shown in Russia.

The story endures as a classic in the genre of lost worlds long vanished, the ruins and treasures of which are surely somewhere out there yet to be found.

It is the burial place of the first sovereign emperor, Shihuangdi of the Qin dynasty (221 207 bce), who unified the empire, began construction of the Great Wall of China, and prepared for death by constructing a 20-square-mile (50-square-km) funerary compound, the treasures of which began to come to light only some 2,100 years after his death.

The category "crafts" includes 252 National Treasures, of which 122 are swords and 130 are other craft items.

Soon he claimed to have found the "burnt city" of Homer's Troy, and among it King Priam's treasure – some of which he later famously gave his wife to wear.

The only disappointment in following the Goonies trail is that the most exciting parts of the film take place in a warren of underground caves, full of "boodie traps", a waterfall and ultimately a pirate ship full of One-Eyed Willie's treasure – none of which exist outside of a Hollywood sound stage.

As the fires raged, Lord Elgin and his troops looted considerable treasure, much of which made its way back to Europe.

The artworks, long since returned to Germany, are part of a group of medieval treasures, many of which were kept for a millennium in the Schatzkammer, or treasure chamber, of the Quedlinburg cathedral in central Germany.

They were returned last year as part of an ongoing Libyan effort to secure the return of its treasures, many of which were removed during the colonial era.