In their hearts, everyone dreams of discovering a treasure and never working again. Strange, but miracles do happen: out of the blue, lucky people find such treasures that they have to be taken out literally in bags.
Treasures of Sri Padmanabhaswamy
In 2011, a group of independent archaeologists unexpectedly discovered the burial site of ancient treasures at the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple. They were valued at $ 22 billion - gold, jewelry and other goods were carried out of the temple in bags for several days.
Gold of the Unknown
Until now, it has not been found out who was the real owner of the treasure found in Chile. 600 barrels, each of which is filled to the top with gold, stood for a long time in a modest basement on the outskirts of the city. It took $ 10 billion in gold to surface for almost two years.
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No one's treasure
In 2009, divers discovered sunken boxes with platinum and diamonds at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. From the stamping of the chests, it is clear that the jewelry belonged to Great Britain and Russia, but disputes over the correct division of the three billion dollars are still ongoing.
Gift of the conquistadors
Another wreck was found off the Colombian coast. For three hundred years the precious cargo of silver, gold and diamonds lay at the bottom. Colombia has claimed its rights to the Spanish galleon - this country will receive almost a billion dollars as soon as the ship is raised to the surface.
Golden galleon
The famous Spanish gold galleon, Nuesta Senora de las Mersedes, was discovered by independent divers in 2007 near Portugal. True, almost everything (with the exception of the remuneration) had to be given back to the Spanish government. However, most of the treasures, estimated at about $ 1.5 billion, are still at the bottom: Spain simply does not have the resources to raise the ship.
Nuesta Senora De Atocha
And another Spanish ship, Nuesta Senora De Atocha, spent almost 5 centuries at the bottom of the sea. This galleon was not transporting gold, but precious stones: now more than 4,000 diamonds have been raised from it to the surface, about the same remain in the holds.
British silver
At the start of World War II, a British transport with a strategic cargo of silver was hit by a German submarine and sank in the Atlantic. The cost of the cargo is estimated at £ 300 million. It will be very, very difficult to lift it.