Treasure hunters believe they are close to the $ 27 billion Treasure of the Favorite
A group of treasure hunters say they are close to finding the world’s largest gold, gems and artifacts dating back thousands of years.
A group of treasure hunters may be on the verge of digging out “the world’s largest treasure trove” worth $ 27 billion.
The Temple Twelve team has been searching for the treasure of Lemminkainen in Finland since 1987, consisting of gold, precious stones and objects.
If the treasure is found, it is believed to be the most valuable prey ever found, Sun reported.
The group has spent their summers exploring the treasure and working six hours a day, seven days a week.
The massive treasure is believed to contain about 50,000 gemstones, including rubies, sapphires, emeralds and diamonds.
About 1,000,000-year-old artifacts and several 18-carat gold, life-size statues are also believed to belong to the treasure.
Members of the group have traveled around the world including Russia, Australia, the United States, Sweden, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands to participate in the hunt.
In his book, Carl Borgen, the world’s leading authority on the Favorite Treasure, described the lives and treasure of hunters. Temporarily crazy.
“I understand that significant progress has been made in the temple and that the crew is particularly excited about the coming months,” Borgen said. Mirror.
“The camp is now talking about being on the verge of a major breakthrough, which could practically be the world’s largest and most valuable treasure trove.”
The existence of the treasure was recognized in 1984, when the landowner Ior Bock claimed that his family were the direct descendants of Lemminkäinen, which appears in Finnish pagan mythology.
Mr. Bock claimed that the chamber of his farm was sealed with stone slabs in the 10th century to protect the treasure from attackers.
Bock, who was four-legged after being stabbed in June 1999, killed his former aides in 2010, but the search for the treasure continued after his death.
Born in 1942, Bock was an eccentric figure, a “mystic” and worked as a travel guide on the Suomenlinna island fortress.
He claimed to be descended from a lineage that dates back to the ancient pagan times described in Bock’s sagas.
The treasure is believed to be hidden in a cave system in Sibbosberg, 32 kilometers east of the Finnish capital Helsinki.
Underground temple
The warehouse is believed to be in the Sipoo underground temple.
Inside the temple is supposed to be a spiraled vestibule, outside of which are small rooms where goods collected from generations are stored.
The collection is said to have last been in 987, when the hall was filled and the entrance was sealed and hidden.
Over the past three decades, countless official surveys have been conducted to find the treasure, involving more than 100 professional explorers from around the world.
The group is now believed to be just a few meters from the treasure to unearth and believe next summer could be the time for it to be unveiled.
The original group, which began excavations in 1987, consisted of 24 people, 12 men, and 12 women, although there are now only two of the original group left.
The Twelve Temples are expected to return to the site in May next year and continue to work there in September.
Who was Lemminkainen?
Lemminkainen is a key figure in Finnish mythology and one of the heroes of the Kalevala.
He is thought to be some kind of composite character, consisting of several characters from ancient Finnish oral poetry.
He is usually seen as a shamanistic figure, often portrayed as young and handsome with wavy red hair.
According to one myth, he drowns in the underworld Tuonela while trying to capture or kill a black swan living there while trying to defeat Louhe’s daughter as his wife.
Another story: Lemmkainen fights a wild death – a big dog with a snake tail that can only stare at people in stone – guarding the gates of Tuonela to prevent escape.
This article originally appeared Sun and has been republished here with permission.