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.
Amber room found 2018.
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.
After the war the amber room was never seen in public again though reports have occasionally surfaced stating that pieces of the amber room survived the war.
According to specialists some of the items found are very rare and may cost nearly 100 000.
The castle is now found in the city of kaliningrad.
It was taken to koenigsberg castle in what was then in east prussia but disappeared in january 1945.
Police found the amber room in the cellar of a house in yantarnoye village kaliningrad region.
The dazzling treasures of the amber room might finally have been found.
Alamy for he believes the famed amber room the holy.
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 amber room was completed at catherine palace in 1770 but was stolen by the nazis in 1941.
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.
Police used axes to break the wall behind which a hidden place with semi precious stones was located.
Mystery has surrounded the whereabouts of the amber room for the last 70 years.
Mystery has surrounded the whereabouts of the amber room for the last 70 years although this recreation shows how ornate the room was credit.
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.
A trio of aging sleuths homeopath leonhard blume 73 scientist günter eckardt 67 and georadar specialist peter lohr 71 are convinced the missing amber room of the russian tsars lies in the.
Construction of the opulent eighth wonder of the world began at the command of the king of prussia in 1701.
The story of the amber room has all of the elements of an indiana jones film.