the adventure of tim hood, finding the royal tombs of ur
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This is a story about a boy named Tim Hood and his adventures at the Royal Tombs of UrTRANSCRIPT
By: Chris Clark
The Adventures of Tim HoodFinding the Royal Tombs of Ur
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“Look, Iraq,” Tim Hood said.“Yes, this is where you will be spending part of your summer
vacation,” Tim’s father replied.It was a blistering hot day in the southern part of Iraq. Tim and his
father’s plane ride came to an end as they saw the surroundings of the AsSamāwah, and in the distance they could see the bank of the Euphratesriver.
“ Look, the Euphrates river,” Tim’s father said amazed. “The Euphrates is 1,720 miles and has very little tributaries,” Tim
replied in awe.
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Tim got off the plane and felt the intense sunlight and heat that wasnothing like England’s.
“It’s a good thing I brought shorts,” Tim said already sweating.Laughing, his father took their bags and hopped into the (camo) jeep
that was going to take them to the archaeologist camp site.
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Tim’s dad Robert was an archeologist and he and his crew were inIraq to explore the mysteries of the ancient city Ur.
“Son, ancient Ur is where the supposed Royal Tombs of Ur are.”“It is said that the tombs are filled with riches.”“That's what we're looking for.”
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When they arrived at the site Tim couldn’t believe his eyes that somany people were there. People of all kinds, white, black, asian, andmiddle eastern were all working together to find the Royal Tombs of Ur.The head archaeologist, Frank and his son Charles Cunningham cameover to Tim and his father and introduced themselves.
“Hello Robert, how was the plane ride?” Frank asked Tim’s dad in avery mannerly voice.
“Just swell,” Robert replied clearly impressed of what he saw.Tim tugged at his dad’s shirt and said, “ Dad, can I explore the grounds?”Charlie can come too if he wants.”
“Yes,” Tim’s dad said, “but just don’t go too far.”
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So off Tim went with Charles, excited to get out of that conversation.Charlie and Tim explored all of the camp’s grounds. When they had seenall of the camp they started to head back. Suddenly out of the corner ofTim’s eye he saw some strange rubble just outside of the site.
“Look!” Tim said to Charlie. “There!”
Page 6 Charlie saw the strange rubble. Out of curiosity, they ventured out of
the grounds and followed the strange rock formation. Without realizing itTim and Charlie found themselves traveling farther and farther from thecampsite. Abruptly the strange rock shaped debris vanished and anopening appeared in front of Charlie and Tim.
“Whoa, what is it?” Tim asked Charlie with fascination.“I don’t know,” Charlie said, “ but let’s go in and see.”
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Tim and Charlie headed into the tunnel, and started to explore themysterious passageway. Luckily the tunnel was dimly lit. Tim and Charlielooked around the tunnel and saw strange artifacts such as famousmosaics from the ancient citystate Ur. There were also strange lookingcombs, jewelry, precious gems and stones, clay pots, cuneiform tablets,weapons, amulets, and necklaces.
Tim said, “The Queen’s Tomb was known to have gold necklacesand gold amulets in their tombs.” “Maybe this is the Queen’s Tomb!”
“We have to get back and tell our dads,” Charlie said.
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Running out of the tunnel they rushed back to the campsite.“Dad, Mr.Hood, we found something, and we think it’s the Queen’s
Tomb!” Charlie and Tim screamed. “ What? You found, what?” Mr. Hood said questionly, but excited.“I don’t know, but it was filled with gold, come on,” Tim replied.
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Following Tims lead, Mr.Hood looked at the strange rubble, and thenfollowed Tim and Charlie to the thought to be tomb. After looking insidethe strange opening Mr. Hood hollered obviously thrilled,
“It’s a tomb!” “You and Charlie found one of seventeen Royal Tombsof Ur, and I think you guys are right, it’s probably the Queen’s Tomb!”
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After the discovery, both dads told the archaeologist's to come overto where they found the tomb. Once all the gear was in place, Robert,Frank, and the rest of the archaeologists started taking the artifacts out ofthe tomb. After thirty days of digging and excavating, the archeologistsfound all seventeen Royal Tombs of Ur, and one was indeed the Queen’sTomb. During that time, Charlie and Tim became very close friends. Whenall the artifacts had been excavated and determined to be valuable, Robertand Frank gave the artifacts to various museums and in return wererewarded with fifteen million pounds. After all of the archaeologist hadbeen paid their share, Tim and his father flew back to England, rich withwealth and happiness.
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Back in school, Tim told his fifth grade class about exploring andfinding the Royal Tombs of Ur over his summer vacation. They asked himquestions, and some didn’t believe him. To prove that Tim actually foundthe Royal Tombs of Ur, he brought in the newspaper with the picture andarticle about him, his dad, and the rest of the archaeologists finding theRoyal Tombs of Ur. After that, Tim was one the most popular kid in the fifthgrade. But even though he had many friends, Charlie was the greatestfriend he would ever have.
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