5 antike Artefakte, die auf mysteriöse Weise verschwanden!

A mystical sword, a golden chest with the laws of mankind, immeasurable wealth and the largest bell in the world. All these things have mysteriously disappeared. All around the history of these artifacts there are truths, legends and fiction. You will be surprised what it really has to do with these five ancient artifacts. Imagine that to this day a treasure is hidden somewhere between the Andes and the Amazon, which contains the wealth of half of the Inca Empire. In 1532, the Inca emperor Atahualpa was captured by Francisco Pizarro, the commander of the Spanish conquest troops, after the Spaniards waged a long war against Atahualpa's brother Huasca. Pizarro agreed to release Atahualpa when he offered him an incredible amount of gold. Shortly afterwards, the gold from the entire Inca Empire was collected by Atahualpa's close confidant Ruminavi. Pizarro became suspicious and started a conspiratorial activity behind the movements in the Inca Empire. Panicked, he saw in the gold collection actions how an army was collapsing to free Atahualpa from his captivity. Atahualpa was immediately killed by strangulation and burning on the pile of rubble. When Ruminavi heard the news, he ordered to hide the gold in an uninhabited area in northern Ecuador. Although the commander was arrested and tortured by the Spaniards, Ruminavi never revealed the location. In the years after Atahualpa's death, there is a gaping story of those who went into the depths of the Llanganate Mountains in search of the treasure. Only 50 years after Atahualpa's death, a Spaniard named Valverde became remarkably rich, which led to speculation that he had found the treasure, especially since Valverde was married to an Inca woman. When he died, he allegedly left the Spanish king in a cryptic guide named Derotero de Valverde, with instructions on where to find more gold. After that, the story of Emperor Atahualpa was lost for a long time. Only the English botanist Richards Bruce discovered Valverde's map again in 1850 on a research trip to Ecuador. After that, the treasure seeker Barth Blake is said to have found the last remains of the gold in 1886. In a letter he wrote about his find and thousands of gold and silver pieces, the most beautiful goldsmiths' works that can be imagined, as well as numerous figures and jewellery made of gold and gemstones. He described life-sized human figures, birds and other animals, flowers and corn stalks that were made of pure gold. Blake complained in his letter that it was not possible to climb the heavy statues with a thousand men. As a result, Blake had to leave a part of the treasure behind. Whether Atahualpa's fortune is still in the hills of Yangonates or not is a mystery. The fact, however, is that dozens of treasure seekers set off every year to search in the remote mountain ranges at heights between 2,500 and 4,500 meters for the legendary gold and silver wealth. The Great Damascene Bell It was the largest bell ever cast by man, and its sound is said to have resonated into the kingdom of God. In the late 15th century, Myanmar experienced a spiritual and cultural bloom. Under the rule of the kind and wise king Donazet, a former Buddhist monk, the country achieved prosperity and peace. During this golden age, the Great Damascene Bell was cast in order to shine next to the golden Swedagon Pagoda, the holiest Buddhist city in Myanmar. It is reported that it is the largest ever made bell. The Great Damascene Bell is said to have measured about 6 meters by 4 meters and was cast from 294 tons of metal, including silver, gold, copper and tin. It was engraved with a writing that supposedly consisted of an unreadable language for normal people and was only understood by a few monks. In the 16th century, European explorers began to establish contacts in Lower Burma and finally wage wars. The Portuguese mercenary Felipe de Brito e Nicole was one of them. He created unrest among two rivaling cultures on site in order to enrich both. The cities of Syriam and Pegu, the capital of Lower Myanmar, were plundered. The mercenary was finally changed from the king of Arakan to the governor of Syriam and ruled over Myanmar until 1600. After he declared independence from the king of Arakan in 1608, de Brito and his men removed the Great Damascene Bell from the Swedagon Pagoda in order to melt it down and make a massive cannon out of it. After they had rolled it down a hill, they placed the bell in a waiting raft and drove it to Daung Bach. Unfortunately, the bell was much heavier than de Brito had imagined and the raft sank along with the loot on the ground of the river. Many attempts to rescue the bell were unsuccessful. In this area, the water is very murky and the ground is soft. The visibility underwater is almost zero. The bell could have sunk a meter deep into the mud. Of course, there were and still are many attempts to find the bell, but so far they have been unsuccessful. The Great Bell is an important part of the history and religion of Myanmar. After its disappearance, many citizens and representatives of the government believe that if the bell is found again one day, it will illuminate a new age of prosperity for Myanmar. The Honjo-Masamune sword In the world of weapons and legends, the Japanese samurai sword is a classic. Japanese blacksmiths have made these delicate and yet deadly blades for over a millennium and each weapon is said to have a soul and even its own will. The legendary Honjo-Masamune represented the highlight of Japanese blacksmithing. Goro Nyudo Masamune, the renowned medieval creator of Honjo-Masamune, became known in the 13th century for his masterful blacksmithing. He was the one who equipped the famous and brave samurai warriors with noble and absolutely deadly weapons. In 1287, Emperor Fushimi Masamune named his chief blacksmith. The Honjo-Masamune sword received its name from the prominent general Honjo Shigenaga, who owned it for a long time. Shigenaga led his troops into battle in 1561 and fought against another man of a similar rank, whose sword split Shigenaga's helmet in half. However, the sword did not kill the general and he immediately struck back and killed his opponent. According to Japanese tradition, Shigenaga took the sword of his fallen enemy. As one of the best swords ever made, the Honjo-Masamune has led a lively life in the last seven centuries. After Shigenaga, the blade went into the hands of many famous warriors. The Tokugawa family was the last to own it, who guarded the sword for centuries. During the Second World War, the sword was still a valuable possession of the family, but after the U.S. bombings over Japan and the compulsion to surrender, all Japanese had to hand over all their weapons, including the samurai swords, which had long been family heirlooms of many families. The Tokugawa family gave their famous sword to the U.S. military and then it disappeared. Many believe that an American soldier took it. Possibly, the sword is now in the possession of unknown people, who do not even know that they own the most famous and largest of all samurai swords. The Bundeslade An elaborate, gold-plated box, which allegedly contains the original ten commandments, which Moses had received from God, is a legend of Christianity. Biblical reports describe it as a wooden chest, covered with pure gold and with an elaborate lid in the form of two large golden angels. There are many stories about the true magical powers of the Bundeslade, which are described in particular in the myths of the Hebrew Bible. The words should be much more than just written words. They have a power and grant those who can read them eternal peace and freedom. In a story that deals with the Bundeslade, the Jordan stopped flowing and stood still so that a group of priests could cross the river with the Lade. In other stories, the Israelites take the magical Lade into battle and only the power of the artifact destroys all their enemies. Some even describe how the Israelites, when they besieged Jericho, carried the Lade around the city for a week and blew trumpets. That alone should have been enough to bring the walls of the city to a standstill and enable a slight conquest. The Lade was moved frequently, until it was finally permanently placed in the innermost room of King Salomo's temple in Jerusalem. The Lade disappeared when the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem 587 BC. Nobody knows whether it was destroyed, captured or hidden, although there are many theories about where it could have landed. Interestingly, the leaders of the very special Ethiopian Orthodox Church claim to have guarded the Lade in the old holy city of Axum. Allegedly, the Lade is kept in the treasure house of the city, where only one man, the guardian, is allowed to see it. Researchers are not allowed to check the Lade for authenticity, so we do not know whether this claim is true or not. Others, on the other hand, believe that the Lade was hidden in a system of corridors under the first temple of Jerusalem, even before the Babylonians fell. But this, too, cannot be checked due to the holy nature of the city, which does not allow access and no research. The translation of an old Hebrew text, the Tractate of the Vessels, was recently translated into English for the first time. James Davila, a professor at the University of St. Andrews, who translated the text, claims that the treasures of King Salomo's temple were actually hidden. The text continues to claim that the Lade should only be revealed on the day of the coming of the Messiah, the son of David. For Christians, this Messiah was Jesus, but not for the Jews. Whether the Lade ever existed and where it is today will probably remain a secret. The Copper Roll of the Dead Sea In the 1940s, shepherds found numerous very old writings in a cave near the Dead Sea. The shepherds raised the texts and they were scattered all over the world. Today we know that many of these writings contained old pre-Biblical texts or also writings from the time of Jesus. A special writing consists of a copper roll, which was extensively photographed between 1994 and 1996, x-rayed and examined by experts. Most likely it comes from the year 70 AD and describes a treasure from the Second Temple of Jerusalem, which was built between 516 BC and 70 AD. The temple was the largest religious shrine in the entire Roman Empire. Every visitor had to leave half a skull as a sacrifice, which accumulated over time and was known as a temple treasure. In 1962, the Dead Sea writer John Allegro followed the clues in the copper roll and visited several places mentioned in it, but without success. Now many believe that the roll is an old-fashioned fake. Others are convinced that the translation is not quite correct and again others are still looking for the legendary treasure. Speaking of legendary treasures, you can also find them on our channel. If you click on like and subscribe now, you won't miss a legendary video. See you soon!