1. on What Day and Year Did Howard Carter Discover the Tomb of Tutankhamun?

An Internet Treasure Hunt

1. On what day and year did Howard Carter discover the tomb of Tutankhamun?

2. Use the snipping tool to paste a picture of the Mask found in the tomb of Tutankhamun.

3. In July 2009, an Anglo-Saxon hoard of items of precious metal was found in Staffordshire. How many items were in the collection? At what price was it valued?

4. What treasure from 1215 can you view on your PC at Treasures in Full at the British Library website?

5. At www.louvre.fr, you can visit some of the treasures in the Louvre. Try to find a close up of the Mona Lisa and other paintings, go to Eye Openers, and then A Closer Look. Try it. What do you think?

6. Where can you find close up views of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

7. Who wrote Treasure Island? In what year was it published? What studio made a movie from it in 1950? What character did Robert Newton play?

8.Which stone in the Crown Jewels belonged to Edward the Confessor? How is it in use now? When and where was it found and added to the collection? Which crown was used at every coronation since Queen Victoria’s?

9. What is The Blue Empress? What is the largest of this kind?