Long lost 'Amber Room' may have been found (+video)

Long lost 'Amber Room' may have been found (+video)
8:44AM Friday February 29, 2008

The Amber Room was lost during WW2. Photo / Reuters

Watch Video: The long-lost Amber Room may surface again
German treasure hunters say they might have located the long-lost "Amber Room" in eastern Germany.

The ornate Amber Room, made from amber panels decorated with gold leaf, was originally a gift from the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I to the Russian Tsar Peter the Great. During the Second World War it was dismantled by the Nazis and later disappeared, and since then archaeologists have searched for the room in over 100 places.

A group of hobby archaeologists are now excavating a site and hoping to strike buried treasure.

The excavation work continues near the town of Deutschneudorf near the German-Czech border, and the town mayor is sure some loot is buried there. Heinz-Peter Haustein, Mayor of Deutschneudorf said: "We've had clues about the amber room and also about a whole wagon filled with paintings, by the new masters in Dresden, and also clues about diamonds, gold, secret documents and parts - but not all - of the amber room."

- Reuters

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