10 biggest treasures of all time

The treasure of Nimrud, the treasure of the Black Swan, the "golden mountain" in Sree admanabhaswamy temple, . are the greatest treasures of humanity discovered by humans.

1. Nimrud treasure

Nimrud treasure (Iraq) is considered a huge treasure, the largest in the Middle East. Nimrud is the capital of Assyria, an ancient country in northern Iraq. The city was completely destroyed in 612 BC in the war of Assyria-Babylon.

Nimrud was built in the 13th century BC by King Shalmaneser I and it quickly became the most important city in Mesopotamia.

Nimrud's treasure was in the first public 'debut' after being recovered in 2003.

Precious items of Nimrud treasure.

In 1845, Austen Henry Layard , an archaeologist, found many reliefs and jewels of gold and silver. In 1950, an English archaeologist, Max Mallowan, continued to find an electrical palace believed to be the place of the old Assyrian beauties.

By 1988, an Iraqi archaeologist named Muzahim Mahmud discovered beneath the powerhouse was a tomb complex filled with jewels and gold . Mr. Mahmud also discovered three more tombs, including the queen's tomb of King Ashurnasirpal II. Each tomb contains hundreds of gold jewelry.

Nimrud treasures are so valuable that a few years ago, an exhibition intended to be held in Germany was canceled because no insurance company was willing to cover these treasures.

2. The Black Swan treasure

The ancient coins of the Black Swan treasure.

American divers discovered and salvaged a huge treasure from the Atlantic Ocean of a shipwreck 400 years ago. The value of treasure cannot be calculated. The treasure consists of half a million coins of gold, silver and many other precious things.

To date, Odyssee Company has not released any information regarding the name of the country that once owned this large treasure. They also kept a secret about the value of each coin and the patterned figures were carved on it. The work of recovering these assets was called the Black Swan.

3. The tomb of Nebkheperura Tutankhamun

King Nebkheperura Tutankhamun mask.

A treasure once considered the greatest of all time, it is the tomb of Nebkheperura Tutankhamun , the Egyptian king of the 12th century BC.

Although not the most powerful ruler of ancient Egypt, his grave is most famous for its almost intact artifacts after thousands of years.

King Tut's tomb is located in the Valley of the Kings at Luxor (the name is Thebes). No one knows the presence of the tomb until English archaeologist Howard Carter discovered it on November 4, 1922.

Inside the lobby room of the tomb are gold furniture and horse carriages. The burial room contains a three-layer coffin with the inner layer made of over 100 kg of fine gold, many golden statues, boxes filled with priceless jewels. In total, Mr. Carter collected nearly 3,000 different antiquities inside the grave and it took him 10 years to clean and classify them.

So far, it has not been possible to determine the exact value of the treasures found in King Tut's tomb. Meanwhile, the treasure discovered by Mr. Carter's expedition also continuously traveled through many countries in large exhibitions. Thousands of years after the glacier, King Tut and his priceless belongings continued to make the world admire admiration.

4. Anglo-Saxon treasure

A treasure hunter has discovered the giant Anglo-Saxon gold store with over 1,500 antiques dating from the 7th to the 8th century, in a field in Staffordshire (England). They may belong to the Saxon Royal Family of the ancient Kingdom of Mercia . The treasure is worth about £ 3,285 million and is being stored in the Birmingham art gallery and museum.

Many archaeologists identify this treasure as more significant than discovering the buried treasure ship in Sutton Hoo 70 years ago.Terry Herbert - from Burntwood, Staffordshire - discovered the treasure as he scrutinized a field near his home with a reliable 14-year-old metal detector.

5. Panagyuriste treasure

On December 8, 1949, three brothers named Pavel, Petko and Michail Deikovi discovered strange objects while depriving clay in the Merul factory near Panagyurishte, Bulgaria. What they found was the Thagian Panagyuriste treasure, one of the most precious treasures in the world. Panagyuriste consists of a small jar, a Roman-style mound and seven water jars. All were in pure gold ornately decorated and weighed 6,164 kg. Their dates are determined around the 4th to 3rd centuries BC

6. Treasure Preslav

Preslav treasure was found in the autumn of 1978 at the Castana vineyard, 3 km northwest of the capital Veliki Preslav. Archaeologists have found over 170 gold, silver and bronze objects including 15 Byzantine silver coins belonging to Constantine VII, Roman II (about 945 to 959) and some other works of the century 3rd and 7th.

7. Treasure Tillia Tepe

Tillia Tepe is an archaeological site located in northern Afghanistan near Sheberghan. Unearthed in 1979 by a group of Afghan-based Soviet archaeologists, this treasure is truly amazing in its mass. Consisting of about 20,000 fine gold objects found in 6 tombs dating back to the 1st century BC and thousands of gold and precious jewels.

8. Nagyszentmiklos treasure

Nagyszentmiklos treasure, discovered in 1791 in the town of Nagyszentmiklos (now known as Sânnicolau Mare, Romania). The treasure consists of 23 10th-century vases.

9. Indonesian treasure

Consisting of nearly 14,000 pearls, 4,000 ruby ​​stones, 400 sapphires, and more than 2,200 garnet, this treasure is found on a shipwreck in the Indonesian territorial sea. This ship is located on the seabed more than 1,000 years ago. In addition to pearl ivory pearls, this treasure also has many tiny perfume bottles, ceramic pots, neck chains, dinner plates decorated with dragon phoenix, decorative tea pots with flowers and glazed porcelain. art . Estimated value of this treasure up to billions of dollars.

10. 'Gold mountain' in Sree admanabhaswamy temple

Recently, the Supreme Court of India ordered an inspection of the tunnels and the discovery of the 'golden mountain' in the tunnel system of Sree admanabhaswamy Temple.

The temple was built in the 16th century and is one of 108 major Vishnu worship centers in India. The temple was once under the control of feudal lords in Kerala. Later, King Marthanda Varma , the founder of the ancient emirate Travancore, attempted to suppress these lords and took control of the temple in the 18th century. Indian history records that King Marthanda offered very much. much wealth for Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple. His descendants still managed the temple until 1949 and then had to transfer ownership to the state of Kerala state.

Among the precious items are 2 kg necklaces, a gold bow, a gold string, silver bracelets, antiques, a ton of gold leaf, diamond sacks, thousands of jewelry. encrusted with diamonds and emeralds, 16 kilograms of East India gold coins, 18 Napoleon coins .

According to the latest estimate, the value of the treasure found at Sree Padmanabhaswamy is about $ 20.3 billion, almost double the previous estimate of $ 11.2 billion. However, this number is not yet the final number because the inventory has not ended. Asia Times newspaper quoted artifacts experts estimated that the value of assets found at the temple could be more than $ 100 billion. With this wealth, Sree Padmanabhaswamy has become the richest Hindu temple in India and perhaps this ancient treasure is the greatest treasure of all time ever discovered.