Modern day treasure hunters constantly tout their leads about the amber room s fabled location but the eighth wonder of the world seems to be lost to time forever.
Amber room mosaic found.
The amber room however had only been minimally renovated.
A weathered and overgrown complex of wwii german barracks and bunkers has a secret room that has been recently discovered through ground penetrating radar.
The mosaic came into the hands of the russian authorities and was used in the reconstruction effort.
In 1997 an italian stone mosaic that was part of a set of four stones which had decorated the amber room was found in germany in the possession of the family of a soldier who claimed to have helped pack up the amber chamber.
It has been missing for 70 years.
The amber room s marble mosaic was recovered last year when the son of a former german officer put it up for sale in bremen apparently unaware of its origin.
The walls however remained unadorned zhuravlov 2006.
Originally presented by maria theresa of austria the elaborate panels.
A german police sting operation in bremen in 1997 turned up one of the amber room s four jeweled florentine mosaic panels.
They raided the office of the seller s lawyer and found one of the room s mosaic.
The imitation amber mosaic painting over the cornices had been redone and the parquet floors decorated ceilings and mirrored pilasters were all restored as closely as possible to the original designs.
The man behind the discovery marmerki museum curator bartlomiej plebanczyk believes he has found the location of one of history s greatest spoils of war the lost amber room.
Treasure hunters claim to have found a hatch to an underground room or bunker in poland that s been sealed for decades in which they hope to discover the contents to the amber room one of the most beautiful and elaborate rooms in history so dazzling that it has been described as the eighth wonder of the world.