1. Chang and thousands of other online treasure seekers are part of a virtual economy built on the demand for these items found in video games. 2. For decades, Phoenicia has been visited by treasure seekers following one clue or another. 3. In the course of the project, Ms. Levine and her two partners, both Catskills residents, interviewed various Phoenicia residents and all manner of treasure seekers. 4. The Bowies were unsuccessful, but hordes of treasure seekers have searched for the mine ever since. 5. Treasure seekers regularly pass through Phoenicia, laden with books, spades, metal detectors and dreams. 6. Treasure seekers believe that the ship, the Capitana, carried silver coins and gold worth millions of dollars. 7. Though the site was looted by treasure seekers, they say it still holds other artifacts as well. 8. The main concern for the Portuguese authorities is to keep secret the exact site of the wreckage, about one nautical mile from the coast, from treasure seekers. |