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TREASURE hunters will get a multi-million-pound windfall from the bequest of an amateur archaeologist.
By TIM SPANTON, 12 Mar 2011
The money may be used to finance expeditions to recover fabulous riches including King John's crown jewels, Spanish Armada gold bullion and Britain's own Atlantis - Doggerland.
Honor Frost, who died last year aged 92, left her entire art collection to be used to fund archaeological expeditions, it emerged this week.
The works include long-unseen masterpieces by artists Lucien Freud, Stanley Spencer and sculptor Henry Moore. They are expected to fetch up to £18million when they go under the hammer at Sotheby's in June. Honor, an only child, was orphaned young and brought up by a rich London solicitor.
She developed a passion for marine archaeology after reading about underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau and later working with a member of his team.
The millions raised from the auction will go to a specially formed charity that will sponsor expeditions. For the first time it will allow sustained, professional digs for treasures that, until now, have proved too difficult to find.
Our map charts some of the fabulous finds that could now be within reach.
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DOGGERLAND
THIS once-occupied land mass is Britain's very own Atlantis. Sited in the North Sea, it was obliterated by flooding at the end of the last Ice Age.
Oil company surveys have recently revealed its possible locations and archaeologists lick their lips at the thought of historic artefacts that lie there. It is hard to get at because of centuries of silting and the stormy seas.
VALUE: £5million to £12million.
http://www.thesun.co...g-for-gold.html
