Famous treasures and treasures that have not yet been found. The largest treasure found in Russia

We are talking about treasures whose value, according to the most conservative estimates, is $22 billion.

On the one hand, they are claimed by the descendants of rajas who have been accumulating gold and precious stones for centuries. On the other hand, there are Hindu believers and the union of temple servants.

Meanwhile, the price of the issue could jump significantly higher, since not all of the temple vaults have yet been opened, and the total value of the treasures located there is likely equal to a trillion dollars.

Below we present the top 10 most expensive lost treasures on Earth.

Treasures of King John the Landless

In 1216, moving from Lincolnshire to Norfolk, John the Landless's convoy decided to bypass the Wash Bay, famous for its swamps and swamps.

The king took a detour, but his soldiers, along with a convoy loaded with jewelry, took a shorter route through the swamps. Caught by the tide near Sutton Bridge, the horses and carts ended up in a swamp. Few managed to survive; gold and jewelry were lost.

The valuables of John the Landless are to this day listed as undiscovered treasures that people still hope to find.

The surprising thing is that exactly where the treasures disappeared is reliably known, and the search area is quite limited, and the swamps have long dried up and with modern equipment for treasure hunters, it would seem easy to find John’s treasures. But to this day nothing has been found, not a single pebble, not a single gold coin.

The Lost City of Paititi

Still considered not to have been found or identified with any city ruins in South America. It is equivalent to the meaning of "Eldorado" due to the fact that this city was filled with gold, even houses and roads were made of this metal.

According to legend, it was there that the Incas “hid untold gold riches that have haunted explorers and adventurers for several centuries.”

After the Spanish Conquest, some of the Incas from Peru migrated to Paititi, and their descendants continued to live there comfortably throughout the 17th and possibly the 18th century, far from European influence.

Throughout this time, documents contain references to Paititi as a living, inhabited country. In the 19th century they disappear.

Kruger's Missing Millions

During the second Boer War in South Africa, the descendants of the Dutch settlers, the Boers, realized that their capital Pretoria would soon fall to the advancing British army, so they hastily collected as much gold as they could from government reserves, banks and mines. The “treasure” also included freshly minted gold coins that had never passed through hands.

It is believed that all this wealth went on a journey with the country's then president, Paul Kruger, who fled from the advancing British army somewhere towards what is now Mozambique. He himself, in the end, boarded a ship and set sail for France, but where all the collected gold remained is a mystery.

Copper scroll

Some historians have speculated that it may contain a treasure map. This is the only document written on very thin sheets of copper, while the rest of the Dead Sea Scrolls are written on parchment or papyrus.

In addition, the variety of Hebrew in which the scroll is written is different from the language of the other scrolls.

This variety of language began to be used much more widely hundreds of years later.

The Copper Scroll mentions more than 60 various places, in which gold and silver deposits are hidden. Apart from this scroll, no evidence of the existence of treasures was found, but this did not stop people from conducting a number of treasure-hunting expeditions.

Treasure of the ship "Flor de Mar"

It was shipwrecked on the reefs of Sumatra, split into two parts, and all the treasure was lost at sea.

The story goes that Flor De Mar was carrying around 60 tons of gold, which is the largest treasure ever collected in the history of the Portuguese navy.

It's no surprise that Flor De Mar has become one of the most wanted treasures in history.

Faberge eggs

Carl Faberge and his company's jewelers created the first egg in 1885. It was ordered by Emperor Alexander III as an Easter surprise for his wife Maria Feodorovna.

The so-called “Chicken” is covered on the outside with white enamel, imitating a shell, and inside, in a “yolk” made of matte gold, there is a chicken made of colored gold. Inside the chicken, in turn, is hidden a small copy imperial crown made of gold with diamonds and a chain with a ruby ​​pendant.

Each egg took almost a year to make. The structure of the Faberge company was ahead of its time: the jewelry companies included in the concern were quite independent in their work. Many jewelers working for Faberge owned their own companies, but considered it an honor to participate in the execution of the imperial order.

The series of imperial eggs enjoyed such fame that the Faberge firm produced several products for private customers (15 are known).

Among them, a series of 7 eggs, presented by gold miner Alexander Ferdinandovich Kelkh to his wife, stands out.

In addition, there are 8 more Faberge eggs made to order (for Felix Yusupov, Alfred Nobel's nephew, the Rothschilds, the Duchess of Marlborough and unidentified persons). They are not as luxurious as imperial ones, and are not original, often repeating the type invented for royal gifts.

Eggs were made from gold, silver, precious stones, etc. Enamels and fine jewelry work were used. Sometimes the masters experimented with not very traditional materials- rock crystal, precious woods. Proof of authenticity is the Faberge brand.

Of the 71 known eggs, 62 have survived to this day. The vast majority of them are stored in state museums. There are 54 known imperial eggs.

The rest are known from descriptions, accounts and old photographs and are considered lost.

San Miguel and the treasure fleet that crashed in 1715

The ships were sent from Cuba just before hurricane season to prevent attempted hijacking by pirates.

This turned out to be a bad idea, as the entire fleet of 11 ships was sunk just six days after setting sail.

As a result, $2 billion worth of treasure still lies at the bottom of the sea. After this catastrophic event, 7 of the ships were discovered, but only a small amount of valuable treasure was recovered.

It is believed that the Treasure of San Miguel may be near the eastern shores of Florida.

the Amber Room

Amber was predominantly used in decoration - the cabinet consisted of amber panels, decorations and panels. Created by German craftsmen for the Prussian king Frederick I, then donated to Peter I, after which it was supplemented with mirror pilasters under the direction of F. B. Rastrelli, since the dimensions of the original amber cabinet were much less than that premises where it was exhibited in Russia.

It was considered the pearl of the summer residence of the Russian emperors in Tsarskoe Selo.

During the Great Patriotic War the palace ended up in occupied territories and the “room” was taken away by German troops.

On April 29, 2000, German Minister of Cultural Affairs Michael Naumann handed over the... O. President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin received fragments of the original Amber Room - Florentine mosaics and an amber chest of drawers, made in 1711 by Berlin artisans and which occupied one of the central places in the furnishings of the room.

Templar Treasure

Later, every single knight was executed, and Pope Clement V abolished the Order. However, many are still haunted by the mystery of the great wealth of the Templars, which no one has yet been able to find.

Among the many versions about the fate of the Templar treasures, one stands out, according to which traces of the Order’s gold must be sought∎ in Russia! As surprising as this assumption is, there is some evidence that this could actually happen.

Oak Island "Money Mine"

Oak Island is a small island located in Mahon Bay off the West Coast of Nova Scotia (Canada). The island is covered with oak trees, from which it got its name.

The so-called Money Mine was discovered in the 18th century, but since then, repeated attempts to find treasures supposedly hidden in it have invariably ended in nothing. The island is private property and entry to it requires special permission.

Sources differ greatly on how the famous Money Mine, from which the island's fame began, was found.

A more “romantic” version says that 16-year-old Daniel McGuinness and his friends Anthony Vaughan and John Smith in 1795, intending to play pirates, unexpectedly discovered an old oak tree on the south-eastern tip of the island, from one of whose branches was hanging a ship's block with a piece of rope half-decayed by time and a piece of fishing gear.

Right under the oak tree, inquisitive teenagers discovered the entrance to a mine, covered almost to the top with earth.

On the walls of the mine there were incomprehensible icons made by someone unknown and when. The young treasure hunters immediately began to deepen the hole they found, but at a depth of about 3 meters (10 feet) they discovered a ceiling consisting of thick oak logs.

They managed to break through the ceiling, but there was no treasure underneath, and the shaft went down to an unknown depth.

Daniel McGuinness and his friends returned to excavations in adulthood, when in 1813 the Lethbridge farm was bought by one Joe Sellers, a retired British Navy captain.

In collaboration with him, McGuinness, Vaughan and Smith had to go deep into the Money Mine to a depth of about 28 m, passing over and over again the ceilings of charcoal, coconut sponge, and dense clay.

Under one of them, made from ship's putty, there was another stone with an encrypted inscription. This stone disappeared in 1912, but a copy was made of it in advance, which was later allegedly deciphered as follows: “2 million pounds sterling is buried at a depth of 40 feet under this stone.”

After painstaking research, it turned out that the Money Mine is just one part of a giant hydraulic complex, from the side of Smuggler's Bay on the northern tip of the island, at least several drainage tunnels are connected to it, which constantly filled the lower levels sea ​​water, thus preventing access to the contents.

Several more years passed in attempts to block the tunnels, and finally on August 23, 1813 (as indicated by the miraculously preserved diary of Joe Sellers), a certain Oak barrel.

Traces of treasure hunters are then lost. The discovery of anything was not officially announced; the further fate of the main characters in this story is also unknown.

The exception is Anthony Vaughan, whose traces were found in London (Great Britain) where he owned huge estates in Canada and England, and Anthony Vaughan’s son, Samuel, at one of the auctions bought his wife jewelry worth about 50 thousand pounds sterling (when converted at modern prices - about 200 thousand dollars).

The project will cost several billion dollars, which is comparable to deciphering the human genome, which cost $4.8 billion. Scientists emphasize that it is necessary to develop new standards for isolating DNA from environment and organisms, as well as ensure high accuracy of its decoding. This will provide high-quality data necessary to clarify the evolutionary relationships between different groups of organisms. require(["inlineoutstreamAd", "c.

Below we present the top 10 most expensive lost treasures on Earth. Treasures of King John the Landless. King John the Landless simply adored luxury and spent almost his entire life robbing abbeys and barons, and even after that

Below we present the top 10 most expensive lost treasures on Earth. Treasures of King John the Landless. Few managed to survive; gold and jewelry were lost. The valuables of John the Landless are still on the list of not found

The Patriarch warned against online “delights”.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' called on believers to be careful on the Internet. He noted that there is now a lot of information on the Internet that encourages “to live, striving only for pleasure.” And such a life, according to him, will lead to spiritual paralysis. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' called on believers to be careful on the Internet.

The American Odyssey Marine Exploration recently reported that the expedition managed to recover almost 48 tons of silver from a military transport ship that sank in 1941 300 nautical miles from the city of Galway in Ireland. The ship sank in February 1941; out of 85 crew members, only one managed to escape. Since then it has lain at a depth of 4.7 km.

Among the gold, diamonds and other treasures that treasure hunters have found in recent years, 48 ​​tons of silver recovered from the bottom of the sea off the coast of Ireland is far from a record.

“Naryshkin Silver” in St. Petersburg, 2012

In March of this year in St. Petersburg, during the restoration of the ancient Trubetskoy-Naryshkin mansion, workers came across a walled-up room filled with silver dishes. Most of the devices bore the Naryshkin family coat of arms, and the items themselves were in perfect condition - since 1917 they had been waiting in the wings, carefully wrapped in newspapers and linen cloth soaked in vinegar, which prevented the silver from oxidizing.

$22 billion in Indian temple, 2011

Last year, one of the largest treasures in human history was discovered in an Indian temple. According to experts, the treasures walled up in the lower tiers of the Padmanabhaswamy Temple account for 6% of India's total gold and foreign exchange reserves, that is, about $22 billion.

The guardians of the temple, built in the Indian state of Kerala, began filling six underground vaults with donations since the 14th century, and in the 18th century it was decided to carefully wall up the caches.

One and a half hundredweight of Roman coins, 2010

Two years ago, a large treasure trove of Roman Empire coins weighing more than 160 kg was found in Great Britain. The bronze coins were kept in a clay jug, which was located only under a 30-centimeter layer of soil and was discovered by an amateur treasure hunter. According to experts, the jug with coins was intended as a sacrifice to the gods.

Gold and jewels in Staffordshire, 2009

In 2009, in Staffordshire, amateur archaeologist Terry Herbert unearthed a treasure dating back to the Anglo-Saxon era. In total, it consisted of five kilograms of gold, about three kilograms of silver and precious stones.

Among the items found were gold brooches, armor and swords, dishes and religious utensils. The treasure hunter stumbled upon the treasure while exploring the territory of his friend's farm with a metal detector. Under the ground there were more than 1,500 various objects that could belong to representatives of the Anglo-Saxon elite.

Treasure hidden from Caesar, 2012

One of the largest treasures in history was found this year on the island of Jersey in the English Channel. Amateur archaeologists discovered a cache whose total weight of valuables was more than 700 kg. According to scientists, the treasure is more than 2000 years old and could have been hidden by Celtic tribes fleeing the troops of Julius Caesar.

The metal products packed together so tightly over 2,000 years that they turned into one huge ingot, the value of which, according to various estimates, ranges from $5 million to $17 million.

Millions from a German library, 2011

A collection of unique coins, the total value of which can reach several million euros, was found among the books of a state library in one of the towns of Lower Bavaria. The cleaning lady discovered a box containing a collection of Greek, Roman, Byzantine coins, as well as French coins from the era of Napoleon Bonaparte.

According to one version, the collection was hidden in 1803 from the authorities, who confiscated coins and books stored in monasteries for the benefit of the state.

Gold from the cruiser Edinburgh, 1981

In 1981, the largest deep-sea operation to recover gold from the sunken English cruiser Edinburgh was carried out in the Barents Sea. At the end of April 1942, the cruiser left Murmansk for England with 5.5 tons of gold on board, but, having received damage from German warships, was scuttled by order of the captain. Only in 1980 did British experts determine the exact location of the ship, and in September 1981, most of the gold bars were raised to the surface. Several ingots were never found.

17 tons of silver at a depth of 2.5 km, 2011

About 17 tons of silver were discovered on board a British ship that sank in the Atlantic Ocean. The Mantola was wrecked in 1917 by the German submarine U-81. According to experts, the value of the treasure exceeds $19 million.

Treasures of the Galleon Atocha, 1985

In 1985, after 15 years of searching, the legendary treasures of the Spanish galleon Atocha, which was wrecked in 1622 due to a storm off the coast of Florida, were found.
The wealth raised was estimated at more than $400 million, including 200 gold and about a thousand silver bars, jewelry, gold chains and an entire arsenal of weapons from the 17th century.

Pirate's treasure on a Florida beach, 1984

The treasure was found by one of the most famous treasure hunters, Barry Clifford, just a few hundred meters from Cape Cod Beach on the Florida coast. He discovered the wreck of the pirate galley Whydah, from which he recovered about five tons of various valuables.

The total price of what was found exceeded $15 million: before crashing on the coastal reefs, the pirates robbed more than fifty ships.

48 tons of silver off the coast of Ireland, July 2012

Some 48 tons of silver were recently recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean - the largest cargo of the precious metal ever discovered in the depths of the sea. Treasure worth approximately $38 million was found on board the ship Gersoppa off the coast of Ireland. This military transport ship sank in 1941 after an attack by German submarines.

Gold, platinum and diamonds on the “ship without a name”, 2009

The remains of a British cargo ship sunk by the Nazis during World War II have been discovered off the northeast coast of South America. The value of the find was that the ship was carrying a large cargo of gold, platinum and diamonds intended to replenish the US treasury.

The name of the vessel was not disclosed; it was conventionally called Blue Baron. The ship was wrecked in June 1942.

Half a million gold and silver coins, 2007

In May 2007, Odyssey Marine Exploration, a company specializing in the search for marine treasures, announced the discovery of a sunken ship with 500,000 gold and silver coins on board. The treasure was recovered and transported to the United States, but the company never said who owned the sunken ship or where exactly it was found.

Coins and magic stone in the Caribbean, 2011

Last year, the American treasure hunting organization Deep Blue Marine discovered treasure in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of the Dominican Republic. In the 16th century there was a shipwreck at this place. Divers found 700 ancient coins, the value of which could reach millions of dollars, ancient figurines and an unusual mirror stone that could be used in shamanic rituals.

Soviet platinum on a British ship, 2012

In February 2012, the famous US treasure hunter Greg Brooks discovered the sunken British ship Port Nicholson, which in 1942 never brought platinum bars from the USSR to New York. The ship was sunk by a German submarine. Its cargo was intended for the settlement of the Soviet Union with the US government for the supply of ammunition, military equipment and food by the allies.

Adventurers have long been attracted to treasures, a great number of which are hidden in the depths of the seas, deserts and in ancient hiding places. This is not only an adventurous adventure, but also interesting discoveries that lift the curtains in history, and romance from the past that makes itself known.

The most amazing thing is that not only archaeologists and divers, junk dealers or treasure hunters can find something valuable. Sometimes such a chance comes along and ordinary people. The main thing is that the wealth found is not underestimated!

Here are the most valuable and interesting treasures found in the last decade!

"Treasure of the Naryshkins" in St. Petersburg, 2012

In March 2012, in St. Petersburg, during the restoration of the ancient Trubetskoy-Naryshkin mansion at 29 Tchaikovsky Street, workers found a walled-up room filled with dishes. Most of the devices bore the Naryshkin family coat of arms. The collection was complemented by French knives with mother-of-pearl and porcelain painted handles, several Easter pendants in bulk and on a chain, stored in a case with the mark of Faberge, and orders Russian Empire— 2168 items in total. All items were carefully packed in vinegar-soaked cloth and 1917 newspapers. Apparently, the owners expected to return.

Offerings at an Indian temple, 2011

This is one of the largest treasures in modern history. The treasures hidden in the lower tiers of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple have been valued at $22 billion. This is 6% of India's total gold and foreign exchange reserves. The temple's guardians began filling six underground vaults with donations from the 14th century.

One and a half hundredweight of Roman coins, 2010, Great Britain

The bronze coins were kept in a clay jug, which was located only under a 30-centimeter layer of earth. The treasure was found by an amateur archaeologist. The total value of the coins has not been disclosed.

Gold and jewels in Staffordshire, 2009

The treasure, discovered by Englishman Terry Herbert, consisted of five kilograms of gold, three kilograms of silver and precious stones. The treasure hunter stumbled upon the treasure while exploring the territory of his friend's farm with a metal detector.

Collection of coins from the German library, 2011

A box filled with unique Greek, Roman and Byzantine coins was found among the books of the state library in one of the towns of Lower Bavaria by an ordinary cleaning lady. Perhaps the collection was hidden in 1803 from the authorities, who confiscated coins and books stored in monasteries for the benefit of the state. The cost of the find is several million euros.

17 tons of silver at a depth of 2.5 km, 2011, Atlantic

About 17 tons of silver were discovered on board the British steamer Mantola, which sank in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship was wrecked as a result of an attack by the German submarine U-81. The value of the treasure exceeds $19 million. True, no one has yet been able to lift it from such a depth.

Half a million gold and silver coins, 2007

In May 2007, Odyssey Marine Exploration announced the discovery of a sunken ship with 500,000 gold and silver coins on board. The treasure was recovered and shipped to the United States, but the company did not say who owned the sunken ship or where exactly it was found.

48 tons of English silver, 2012, Atlantic

In February 1941, the Gairsoppa was torpedoed by a German submarine. The transport sank 300 nautical miles off the coast of Ireland. There were 85 crew members on board the ship. Only the second mate, Richard Ayers, managed to escape. About 48 tons of silver—1,203 bars—were recovered from the ship.

700 gold coins, 2011, Caribbean

Off the coast of the Dominican Republic, divers from the American organization Deep Blue Marine recovered 700 coins dating back to 1535 and gold jewelry from a sunken ship. The cost of the find is several million dollars.

53 tons of platinum on a British ship, 2012, USA

In 2009, American treasure hunter Greg Brooks announced that he had discovered unimaginable treasures lying on the bottom of a British merchant ship off the American coast, with which Great Britain and the USSR paid for equipment supplied from the United States under Lend-Lease. Then Brooks, fearing competitors, named only the approximate cost of what was found - $3.5 billion, without disclosing the location of the find.

Three years later, Greg Brooks named the ship - Port Nicholson - and clarified that it was sunk by a German submarine. “Our equipment is not enough to cope with currents of two to five knots, almost zero visibility and difficult conditions open ocean,” Brooks said, complaining that he didn’t have $2.5 million for suitable underwater equipment. No one has yet succeeded in lifting treasures from the bottom of the ocean.

500-year-old ship with $13 million worth of gold found in the desert, 2016

Namibian diamond miners stumbled upon the wreck of a 500-year-old ship in the desert off the coast. The Portuguese ship Bom Jesus ("Good Jesus") disappeared in 1533 on its way to India. Found under a very impressive layer of sand, the ship rested on the site of an ancient man-made sea lagoon, which has now turned into a salt lake. Gold and silver coins were found in the hold, as well as many elephant tusks. The total value of the goods is estimated at more than $13 million.

The ship was found by diamond miners after draining one of the salt lakes near the Skeleton Coast. Ships are discovered from time to time in these places, but the Portuguese cargo ship is the oldest of all those found and the only one whose cargo is of such value.

Items found on the ship, with a spatula to help understand the scale: an astrolabe (in the center), a frying pan and some clay dishes. Things were well preserved. Prayer beads and silver Portuguese coin.

Many Spanish, Portuguese and Venetian gold coins were found in the holds, Ivory from West Africa, German copper ingots, weapons and, of course, skeletons.

You know the saying: “Keep your money in savings banks!” Then they and their heirs would retain the right to countless treasures walled up in walls, hidden in mountain crevices, buried on uninhabited islands! On the other hand, many treasure hunters would lose their share of the wealth, and you and I would not be able to read about 10 largest treasures, found in the last century. Let's start the countdown:

1 Treasure $22,000,000,000

The largest treasure in our history was discovered in 2011 in the Sri Padmanambhaswamy Temple, India. Due to its enormous size, the treasure has received only a rough estimate. It was impossible to determine the exact number of jewelry and coins - they were considered bags.

2 Treasure $10,000,000,000

The previous treasure of this magnitude was found in Chile in 2005. The treasure - gold bars packed into 600 barrels - was found at a depth of just 50 meters. Despite the apparent ease of the discovery, it took years of searching by famous treasure hunters, so the success is quite natural.

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Diamonds, gold and platinum - this is the cargo that was lifted from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean by one American company that really wanted to remain unknown. It didn’t work out, and the whole world, including its former owners – Great Britain and Russia, learned about the fabulous treasure, which was released again in 2009. It is difficult to predict the further fate of the treasure, but most likely it will face a series of lawsuits.

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This is the amount that the treasures of a Spanish ship that sank off the coast of Colombia more than 300 years ago are valued at. The treasures, most of which are gold and silver bars and jewelry, will go to the state, Colombia's president said. The find was announced in December 2015.

The fate of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, which was sunk two centuries ago off the coast of Portugal, was unfortunate. The treasure ship was found only in 2007. Failures also began to haunt the treasure hunters, who, after recovering the treasure, were forced to give every last coin to Spain, which proved that the treasure was its national treasure.

6 Treasure $450,000 million.

The Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora De Atocha, and with it its treasures - gold and, mainly, emeralds, lay on the seabed for more than 400 years until they were found by a detachment of American treasure hunters. About 500 thousand precious artifacts were recovered from the bottom, among which there were 4,000 emeralds alone.

7 Treasure $400,000 million.

The pirate Black Sam Bellamy stole a considerable amount and collected it on his ship. But the ship was “lucky” to sink with all the treasures, and it was found in 1984. Of course, all the main finds were raised at the same time, but the list of treasures continues to be replenished with new exhibits.

8 Treasure $200,000 million.

A silver treasure was found at the bottom of the North Atlantic - these are the ingots of the British Ministry, lost at the very beginning of World War II as a result of an attack by a German submarine. This time, the treasure hunters acted under a pre-concluded contract, and 80% of the find was given to them. It is worth noting that the cost of lifting the treasure was considerable, because the treasure had to be retrieved from a depth of 4.6 kilometers.

9 Treasure $190,000 million.

In addition to the many lives lost, the Titanic took with it to the bottom huge treasures belonging to its passengers. Many of them began to appear at auctions soon after the discovery of the shipwreck. The total value of the finds is estimated at 190 million US dollars, but there is still a lot left at the bottom.

10 Treasure $10,000 million.

The infamous Ship of Gold, which sank off the coast of Central America in 1857, caused the Panic of 1857. The financiers had something to be upset about - 14,000 kilograms of pure gold sank with the ship, which were discovered only 131 years later. Most of the treasure was raised.