Feb 23 2008
German Finds Russian Gold
The Amber Room, a gift from Prussian King Frederick I to Russia’s Peter the Great in 1716 and looted by Germans during WWII may now be found.
The ornately detailed room is believed to have been lost in Königsberg, Germany as the war ended. But German treasure hunters discovered a man-made cavern 20 meters underground in Germany near the Czech Republic, that may contain the looted remains of the Amber Room, they say.
It will take several weeks to dig up, the treasure hunters say. Read the whole story here.
[Image of a reconstructed Amber Room from Wikipedia]
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