The ship is cursed and the treasure is missing

Researchers and divers began discovering the secrets under the cursed ship named the God of War, the Swedish navy's pride in the 16th century, buried deep in the sea. 450 years.

It is the largest and most powerful warship in the history of world naval battles, named after the God of War of Roman mythology. However, during the bloody war in the Baltic Sea in 1564, Mars was sunk, burying 800 to 900 Swedish and German sailors into the sea grave, and the treasure was filled with gold and silver. Now, a few years after finding the ship's location, the researchers found that Mars is one of the best preserved first large shipwrecks on the ocean floor.

Naval historians hold a lot of information about 17th century warships, but little data about warships a century ago, according to National Geographic magazine quoted Johan Ronnby of Sodertorn University in Sweden. He is studying wrecks up to 60m long.'This is a long-term broken joint' , according to the expert. The 1500s were an important period because it was the time when three-masted warships began sailing. The researchers salvaged goods on early ships called 'galleon' sailboats , as well as pieces of famous ships like the British flagship Mary Rose, sunk during combat in 1545. However, they have never found a ship that is perfectly preserved after nearly five centuries like Mars.

The Mars wreck was missing nearly 500 years in the Baltic Sea - (Photo: Ocean Discovery)

It is known that treasure hunters, archaeologists and enthusiasts with history have always been searching for the whereabouts of the Mars ship for centuries. Every effort worked, until 2011, when a group of divers discovered a wreck located 75 meters deep in the Baltic Sea. Earlier, the ship was always covered by a myth that a ghost of hell from hell guarded the Swedish navy's pride, against those who had intention to salvage the ship. It took 20 years for Ocean Discovery Company's professional divers to find the ship.

To avoid causing damage to wrecks, as well as costly cuts that would arise if salvaged, experts decided to keep Mars's current position on the seabed intact, and instead use a scanning device. 3-dimensional and photo shoot to share their discoveries for the rest of the world. Scanning for laser wrecks is expected to be completed this summer, with accuracy up to 2mm, enough to satisfy most researchers. At the same time, thanks to new tools and methods, archaeologists have the opportunity to recreate the last moments of the ship and the lives buried with it.

Mars was caught in a battle with the Germans on May 31, 1564, off the Swedish island of Oland. What is impressive is that the ship is not sunk because the design has disadvantages or bad driving techniques."Mars is a real war machine and is especially good when it comes to combat," according to Swedish experts, not to mention the ship's necessities, including eight different beers. . This flagship brought with it immense firepower of its time, possibly 107 or 173 guns of all sizes. However, this is also the ship's critical point. When Germany poured a cannon into the Mars ship, the fire caught on gunpowder and caused the cannons to explode, and the ship sank due to its own heavy fire.