If only this vigilance was being extended to Mesopotamia's less visible treasures.
At the outset of the new Booker Prize-winning novel A Brief History of Seven Killings, set in Jamaica, a dying man draws his little boy's attention to his most visible treasured possession – the Clarks shoes on his feet.
Or the satisfaction of edible treasure visible every time the freezer is opened: tiny vats of deep green pesto; bags and bags of chopped red peppers; tomato sauce, so clearly nearly fresh that the echo of summer stops dinner-table conversation, or at least derails it.
The hypocaust of the hot-air heating system and the seating in its caldarium (steam room) are already clearly visible.Since amateur treasure-hunters first stumbled upon the site in central Turkey in May 2002, a local archaeologist, Murat Gulyaz, has been working almost singlehandedly to uncover it.
But now, after a decade of enormous costs in blood and treasure, and visible successes against Al Qaeda, the nation is again insisting on a more modest global role.
So far, there have been no complaints from Turkey, but given the richness of that country's classical heritage, the risk is clearly there.One difficulty for the Getty is that many of the antiquities in dispute are among its most treasured and most visible.
Topping Laguna Ocean Foundation's wish list is more visible signage near the tidepools (at Treasure and Goff Islands, tidepool signs parallel to ramps should be turned for maximum visibility).
--Evening -- Large fireworks show visible from numerous vantage points such as Treasure Island, Port of Oakland, Emeryville and San Francisco.
For all of America's spent blood and treasure here, there are remarkably few visible remnants of it.
Believe me when I say that New York City hides many treasures in high places, some of them visible only from a bird's-eye view.
