When its 565 candles were.
Amber room found.
Nazi stolen amber room of gold may finally be found.
Modern day treasure hunters constantly tout their leads about the amber room s fabled location but the eighth wonder of the world seems to be lost to time forever.
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 consisted of panels of amber worked with gold over 590 square feet.
The only item that has been found in the installation s wake is a mosaic panel discovered in 1997 by german art detectives but there was no indication as to its provenance.
Police used axes to break the wall behind which a hidden place with semi precious stones was located.
Police found the amber room in the cellar of a house in yantarnoye village kaliningrad region.
The latest search for the legendary lost amber room failed to find the riches which have eluded treasure hunters since the end of world war ii.
According to specialists some of the items found are very rare and may cost nearly 100 000.
The search for the amber room has been on since the end of the war.
Back to gallery the fate of the dazzling amber room now more than 300 years old if it still exists could soon be revealed a.
Crafted entirely out of amber gold and precious stones the amber room was a masterpiece of baroque art and widely regarded as the world s most important art treasure.
The amber room was a gift from friedrich wilhelm i of prussia to peter the great in 1716.
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.