Mystery has surrounded the whereabouts of the amber room for the last 70 years although this recreation shows how ornate the room was credit.
Amber room found 2018.
October 14 2018 a strange mystery modern mysteries.
Mystery has surrounded the whereabouts of the amber room for the last 70 years.
The story of the amber room has all of the elements of an indiana jones film.
According to specialists some of the items found are very rare and may cost nearly 100 000.
The latest search for the legendary lost amber room failed to find the riches which have eluded treasure hunters since the end of world war ii.
Police used axes to break the wall behind which a hidden place with semi precious stones was located.
Police found the amber room in the cellar of a house in yantarnoye village kaliningrad region.
Alamy for he believes the famed amber room the holy.
Construction of the opulent eighth wonder of the world began at the command of the king of prussia in 1701.
The amber room was completed at catherine palace in 1770 but was stolen by the nazis in 1941.
Now three treasure hunters say a series of clues has revealed the room to be hidden in a network of tunnels under a.
Several eyewitnesses claimed to have spotted the famous room being loaded on board the wilhelm gustloff which left gdynia on 30 january 1945 and was then promptly torpedoed and sunk by a soviet submarine.
Treasure hunters claim to have found a hatch to an underground room or bunker in poland that s been sealed for decades in which they hope to discover the contents to the amber room one of the most beautiful and elaborate rooms in history so dazzling that it has been described as the eighth wonder of the world.
The bounty of kings the spoils of war theft by dastardly nazis a tireless search by the soviet union mysterious deaths and a priceless treasure waiting to be found.
The amber panels making up the room were presented to czar peter i of russia in 1716 and eventually installed in the catherine palace near st.
The amber room was constructed for king frederick i of prussia in danzig modern day gdansk poland between 1701 and 1714.
It was taken to koenigsberg castle in what was then in east prussia but disappeared in january 1945.
In what seems to be something of an annual occurrence headlines were made last month when a researcher claimed to have located a curious spot in a polish town which he believed could contain the ornate.
The dazzling treasures of the amber room might finally have been found.