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12 Lost and Found 8 Reading Before Reading رابط الدرس الرقمي www.ien.edu.sa Where are some places that people might find valuable items? Have you ever looked for treasures in these places? If so, what have you found? LOOK WHAT I FOUND! 19 IN CONGRESS M We are accustomed to hearing announcements of important discoveries made by experts. For example, no one was surprised that it was an archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb or an astronomer who spotted Neptune. But every once in a while, the most astonishing discoveries are made by ordinary people. Take, for example, the story of the Philadelphia man who, in 1989, made a historic discovery in a flea market. The man, whose identity was never made known, bought an old painting at the flea market for $4. He did not like the painting, but bought it because he liked the frame. When he got the painting home and took it out of the frame, he was surprised to discover a folded-up document wedged between the painting and the backing of the frame. The document appeared to be an old copy of the American Declaration of Independence. Taking a friend's advice, the man took the document to a professional appraiser where he received incredible news. The document was one of the original copies from the first printing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. There were only 24 other such copies known to be in existence. The man put this incredibly rare document up for sale and found a buyer for $2.42 million! Teri Horton had a similar experience in 1987. Horton was looking through a thrift shop one day when she came across a painting that she thought was one of the ugliest things she had ever seen. She decided to buy it for a friend as a joke gift. She bargained the $8 price of the painting down to $5 and dragged the huge painting to her friend's home. However, the friend refused to take the painting because she thought it was too big and ugly. Horton took the painting home and organized a garage sale where she hoped to get rid of it. A local art teacher happened to be passing by and saw the painting. She told Horton that the painting. looked like it had been painted by Jackson Pollock, a famous 20th century painter whose paintings sell for millions of dollars. Horton had the painting evaluated by experts, many of whom agreed with the art teacher. Since then, Horton has devoted herself to proving that her painting is authentic. She has gained many supporters along the way, including a powerful art dealer. She has had numerous offers to buy the painting, including one for $9 million, but has refused each one. Horton is confident that eventually the art world will accept the painting as an authentic Pollock. If and when this happens, the painting could be worth over $50 million! Perhaps the single most historic discovery made by a non-expert in recent years was made by an unemployed British man named Terry Herbert. Herbert is an amateur treasure hunter who searched fields and back lots with his metal detector for over 18 years. In all those years, Herbert had never found anything of significant value. But it is a good thing he was so persistent. In September of 2009, while using his metal detector on the land of a friend's farm, the detector started beeping wildly. Herbert started digging and soon discovered that he had struck gold—literally: He had stumbled upon the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found. The treasure consisted of 11 pounds of gold and 5 pounds of silver in the form of over 1,500 ornaments, swords, and other weapons. Experts believe this find will give us a much greater understanding of the Anglo-Saxons, the rulers of England from the 5th century until 1106. They also believe that this discovery will be considered one of the most important discoveries in British archaeological history. وزارة التعليم Ministry 186ation 2024-1446 MG_03_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 186 30/4/24 3:07 AM

The treasure, the value of which will be determined by a committee of experts, will be sold to a museum. The money from this sale will be split evenly between Herbert and the friend who owns the field where Herbert made the discovery. Herbert says that this experience has been "more fun than winning a prize." So the next time you pass a garage sale or thrift store, or are clearing out "junk" from your attic, take a careful look. Who knows what unimagined treasures you may discover! A portion of the Anglo-Saxon treasure found After Reading Answer true or false. Rewrite the false statements to be true. 1. 2. ཉ་ An original copy of the American Declaration of Independence was once bought for $4. Jackson Pollock was a famous 19th century painter. Teri Horton owns a painting that may be an original Jackson Pollock. 4. The Anglo-Saxons ruled England in the 1600s. 5. 6. The largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found was found with an ordinary metal detector. The Anglo-Saxon treasure found by Herbert consisted entirely of jewels. 9 Speaking 1. Choose a historical place in Saudi Arabia and talk about it. Think about what you might find there. 2. What would you do if you discovered a treasure there, like the people in the reading and didn't know it was valuable? Would you get rid of it, keep it, sell it, or have it appraised by an expert? 3. What would you do if you knew it was valuable? Make notes in the chart and compare ideas in groups. وزارة التعليم Ministry of Education 2024-1446 What would you do if you found a... 1. Valuable document 2. Valuable object 3. Buried treasure Describe the... How would you feel if you found a...? What would you do with the...? Reasons for your choice MG_03_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 187 187 30/4/24 3:07 AM