Stone statues, intricate jewelry, delicate cloth remnants and other treasures represent six major periods of civilization, from the development of agriculture to the Islamic period, ending in the 16th century.
Francis Alys, an artist to treasure, is represented by two series of projected slide images: one of peddlers struggling to move their wares through the city, the other of homeless men lying in public places.
In my fraught early teens the kachina doll became a palimpsest onto which I transcribed alternate versions of my family life; a small treasure that represented a happier memory.
Peter E. Hess, a Delaware lawyer who represents treasure hunters, echoed those concerns, saying the accord "sets a poor precedent that could hurt legitimate attempts at rescue archaeology".
The Martian doesn't know why the markings between the covers labelled "Beloved" are more treasured, or represent more cultural capital, than the markings inside the covers labelled "Paco's Story".
Astonishingly, this first theater score by a musician, conductor and show business personality whose domain was not musical comedy but who certainly knew the territory, is enriched by time, and all the more treasured because it represents a singular, vanished genre.
And while it represents a treasure trove of scientific discovery, nobody has been back since.
It is, after all, not a book I treasure or one that represents me; with their whiff of aspiration, the leather and the gold embossing express my mother's sensibility, not mine.
The remnants of these objects represent treasure troves for chemists and geologists.
"The site has already suffered four years of conflict, it suffered from looting and represents an irreplaceable treasure for the Syrian people and for the world," Ms Bokova said.
