The famous song says: "The best friends of girls are diamonds." At any time, not only ladies, but also men loved to adorn themselves with jewelry, and they did not care where they came from. But sometimes jewelry brought their owners not only joy, but also misfortune. Some are skeptical about these statements, while others are even afraid to take the "damned" jewelry into their hands.
1. Blue diamond "Hope"
Blue diamond "Hope"
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According to legend, the blue diamond "Hope" began its "bloody" history after it was stolen from the temple of the Indian deity Sita. The stone was intended for rituals, so no one was allowed to own it alone. It is said that misfortune fell on the sun king Louis XIV after he ordered the diamond to be cut. After the death of the monarch, an unenviable fate awaited the following owners of the stone: Louis XV died of an unknown illness, Marie-Antoinette's head was cut off, the favorites who put on this decoration were overtaken by a violent death.
Evelyn Walsh McLean is the last owner of the blue diamond
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In subsequent centuries, the owners of the blue diamond also could not escape the curse and did not die their own death. The curse was stopped by the famous jewelry dealer Henry Winston. He bought the Hope from its last owners and presented it to the Smithsonian Institution. Now no one owns the diamond alone, so its "bloody" story ended there.
Henry Winston donates the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution
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2. Orlov's black diamond
Orlov's black diamond
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A beautiful diamond weighing 67.5 carats was discovered in Indian mines in the 19th century. Initially, the stone was named "Eye of Brahma". Once again, the diamond was stolen from a statue of an Indian deity. In 1932, the stone came to the United States. It was brought by J. Paris, who then jumped from the skyscraper. The next two owners of the stone, princesses Nadezhda Orlova and Leonil Galitsyn-Bariatinski, faced the same fate. Both women committed suicide by jumping from the rooftops of buildings. To "break the curse," the stone was divided into three parts.
The jewel that "made" the owners kill themselves
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3. Brooch of King Croesus
Brooch of King Croesus, one of the Lydian treasures
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As a rule, ancient kings, hiding their jewelry, put curses on them. So it happened with the Lydian treasures, which belonged to King Croesus, who ruled in the 6th century BC. e. 150 relics were discovered only in 1965. All seven who took part in the excavation died suddenly.
The most famous treasure of King Croesus was the running horse brooch.
For some reason, all the owners, soon after purchasing the jewelry, tried to get rid of it. In 2006, the brooch was in a Turkish museum, from where it was stolen. The kidnappers could not sell it, and after seven years they themselves appeared on the doorstep of the German police department and handed over the relic, saying that it brought them many mishaps.
4. Purple Amethyst from India
Cursed purple amethyst from India
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This amethyst was shown to the public just 30 years ago. Before that, he lay for a long time in museum depositories, sealed in a box. It is believed that this stone was stolen from the temple of Indra (India) in 1857 and brought to England. Over time, the amethyst ended up with Edward Heron-Allen. The writer, being an impressionable person, connected all the misfortunes that happened to him with a jewel. Heron-Allen gave amethyst to his friends, but after a while, they returned the gift back.
Edward Heron-Allen - the writer to whom the stone has returned more than once
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Then the writer threw the ill-fated amethyst into the canal, but three months later, by some miracle, an oyster fisherman discovered the stone, sold it to a reseller, and he took it to the Museum of Natural History, where Edward Heron-Allen worked. Frightened by the "return" of the stone, the writer put it in seven boxes and deposited it in the bank, ordering that the package be opened only three years after the owner's death.
Disturbing ancient artifacts is more expensive. This is clearly evidenced by the fate of those who were engaged in the excavation of the tombs of the pharaohs.