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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,623 WILLIAM SHATNER: Sunken ships filled with priceless cargo, 2 00:00:08,718 --> 00:00:12,794 lost cities made entirely of gold 3 00:00:12,888 --> 00:00:15,297 and ancient temples 4 00:00:15,391 --> 00:00:19,852 that conceal untold riches. 5 00:00:20,771 --> 00:00:24,639 There's something about hidden treasure 6 00:00:24,734 --> 00:00:27,142 that captures our imaginations. 7 00:00:27,236 --> 00:00:29,903 The idea that a vast fortune 8 00:00:29,989 --> 00:00:31,864 could be buried underground 9 00:00:31,949 --> 00:00:35,317 or lying at the bottom of the sea 10 00:00:35,411 --> 00:00:38,287 inspires people to scour the globe 11 00:00:38,372 --> 00:00:42,124 in search of both fame and fortune. 12 00:00:43,169 --> 00:00:44,668 But are these treasures 13 00:00:44,795 --> 00:00:48,330 merely the stuff of myth and legend? 14 00:00:48,424 --> 00:00:51,833 Or are some of them so well-hidden 15 00:00:51,927 --> 00:00:54,887 that they just haven't been found yet? 16 00:00:55,931 --> 00:00:58,840 Well, that is what we'll try and find out. 17 00:00:58,934 --> 00:01:00,976 ♪ ♪ 18 00:01:18,454 --> 00:01:22,873 Located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, 19 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,461 this bustling port city contains remarkable ruins 20 00:01:27,546 --> 00:01:30,872 that date back thousands of years. 21 00:01:30,966 --> 00:01:33,175 And there are those who believe 22 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:34,927 that one of the most sought-after treasures 23 00:01:35,012 --> 00:01:35,969 in history 24 00:01:36,055 --> 00:01:40,099 may lie hidden within these ancient ruins. 25 00:01:41,102 --> 00:01:43,519 The Holy Grail. 26 00:01:44,980 --> 00:01:46,388 TONY McMAHON: For archaeologists, 27 00:01:46,482 --> 00:01:48,890 Acre is hugely significant. 28 00:01:48,984 --> 00:01:51,276 It's one of the oldest 29 00:01:51,362 --> 00:01:54,488 continuously inhabited places on Earth 30 00:01:54,573 --> 00:01:56,573 going back 5,000 years. 31 00:01:56,700 --> 00:01:59,868 There's literally layers of history there 32 00:01:59,954 --> 00:02:01,620 still being discovered. 33 00:02:01,705 --> 00:02:06,741 But, also, the significance is that it's the last place 34 00:02:06,836 --> 00:02:08,627 that the Holy Grail is believed to have ended up 35 00:02:08,712 --> 00:02:11,079 during the Crusades. 36 00:02:11,173 --> 00:02:13,590 SHATNER: The Holy Grail? 37 00:02:13,717 --> 00:02:16,260 The chalice that Jesus drank from 38 00:02:16,387 --> 00:02:18,387 at the Last Supper? 39 00:02:18,472 --> 00:02:22,182 For centuries, many have embarked on quests 40 00:02:22,268 --> 00:02:25,260 in search of this sacred artifact 41 00:02:25,354 --> 00:02:28,263 not only because it would be priceless 42 00:02:28,357 --> 00:02:33,152 but also because it is thought to possess divine power. 43 00:02:33,237 --> 00:02:36,271 While many have sought to find the Holy Grail, 44 00:02:36,365 --> 00:02:38,773 it's believed that this precious relic 45 00:02:38,868 --> 00:02:40,576 was once in the hands of a group 46 00:02:40,661 --> 00:02:42,277 of medieval warrior monks 47 00:02:42,371 --> 00:02:46,331 known as the Knights Templar. 48 00:02:46,417 --> 00:02:48,500 The Knights Templar were 49 00:02:48,586 --> 00:02:51,753 a very curious order of monks. 50 00:02:51,839 --> 00:02:55,841 They were sworn, in fact, to protect pilgrims 51 00:02:55,926 --> 00:02:58,460 to the Holy Land in the Crusades. 52 00:02:58,554 --> 00:03:00,429 They were professional soldiers, 53 00:03:00,514 --> 00:03:03,265 the elite fighting force of Europe. 54 00:03:03,350 --> 00:03:07,102 And they became immensely wealthy 55 00:03:07,188 --> 00:03:09,438 and immensely powerful. 56 00:03:09,523 --> 00:03:11,106 But many believed that the Templars had, 57 00:03:11,192 --> 00:03:14,443 if you want, an ulterior secret mission. 58 00:03:15,362 --> 00:03:17,312 And that was to look for the Holy Grail 59 00:03:17,406 --> 00:03:20,699 and other sacred relics all over the Holy Land. 60 00:03:20,784 --> 00:03:24,319 If they did find the Holy Grail, 61 00:03:24,413 --> 00:03:25,579 there was nowhere better 62 00:03:25,664 --> 00:03:29,416 for the Knights Templar to bring their treasure securely 63 00:03:29,501 --> 00:03:31,126 than to Acre, 64 00:03:31,212 --> 00:03:34,796 which was a safe city with big, thick walls around it 65 00:03:34,882 --> 00:03:36,331 and 12 towers 66 00:03:36,425 --> 00:03:40,010 to defend the citizens from external attack. 67 00:03:42,056 --> 00:03:44,339 SHATNER: If it's true that the Knights Templar 68 00:03:44,433 --> 00:03:47,601 brought the Holy Grail from Jerusalem to Acre, 69 00:03:47,686 --> 00:03:49,686 could it still be hidden in the ruins 70 00:03:49,813 --> 00:03:51,939 that lie within the city? 71 00:03:52,024 --> 00:03:54,399 Eliezer Stern is an archaeologist 72 00:03:54,485 --> 00:03:57,352 with the Israel Antiquities Authority. 73 00:03:57,446 --> 00:04:01,156 For nearly three decades, he has overseen excavations 74 00:04:01,242 --> 00:04:04,201 of a massive underground Templar fortress 75 00:04:04,328 --> 00:04:08,330 that lies beneath the Church of St. Andrew in Acre. 76 00:04:35,776 --> 00:04:36,817 SHATNER: Under the church, 77 00:04:36,902 --> 00:04:39,611 Stern has been investigating a sprawling network 78 00:04:39,697 --> 00:04:41,863 of 13th-century tunnels and crypts. 79 00:04:41,949 --> 00:04:45,784 These passages may reveal valuable information 80 00:04:45,869 --> 00:04:48,912 about the Templar's activities in Acre. 81 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:15,430 PICKNETT: The Knights Templar had this brilliant system. 82 00:05:15,524 --> 00:05:17,932 They actually built tunnels 83 00:05:18,027 --> 00:05:19,934 to what they called a treasure tower. 84 00:05:20,029 --> 00:05:22,103 So, when there was a siege going on, 85 00:05:22,197 --> 00:05:24,439 they would take the treasures that they've come across 86 00:05:24,533 --> 00:05:26,616 throughout their occupation and their fighting 87 00:05:26,744 --> 00:05:27,942 down the tunnels 88 00:05:28,037 --> 00:05:30,037 and into the tower. 89 00:05:32,207 --> 00:05:36,001 SHATNER: In addition to excavating the Templar treasury, 90 00:05:36,086 --> 00:05:38,587 Stern and his team have unearthed more chambers 91 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:39,788 that are located 92 00:05:39,882 --> 00:05:42,624 approximately ten feet beneath the main crypt. 93 00:05:42,718 --> 00:05:45,960 But these monumental discoveries have revealed only a fraction 94 00:05:46,055 --> 00:05:49,765 of this mysterious medieval city. 95 00:06:09,119 --> 00:06:13,154 McMAHON: For Grail hunters, any new excavations in Acre, 96 00:06:13,248 --> 00:06:15,323 it's obviously tremendously exciting. 97 00:06:15,417 --> 00:06:19,044 And it's a city that's still yielding up its secrets. 98 00:06:19,129 --> 00:06:20,829 And, so, there is a very good chance 99 00:06:20,923 --> 00:06:23,256 that some of the treasure of the Templars, 100 00:06:23,342 --> 00:06:24,925 including the Holy Grail, 101 00:06:25,010 --> 00:06:26,885 are there waiting to be discovered. 102 00:06:27,763 --> 00:06:29,805 SHATNER: Is the Holy Grail hidden 103 00:06:29,890 --> 00:06:32,474 somewhere within the ruins of the Templar fortress 104 00:06:32,559 --> 00:06:34,810 beneath the Church of St. Andrew? 105 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:36,770 Perhaps. 106 00:06:36,855 --> 00:06:39,180 But some researchers believe that the Templars 107 00:06:39,274 --> 00:06:40,982 took the Holy Grail to Europe 108 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:44,986 and that it could actually be hidden not in Israel 109 00:06:45,072 --> 00:06:48,022 but at one of their many churches and chapels 110 00:06:48,117 --> 00:06:51,034 located across the continent. 111 00:06:51,161 --> 00:06:52,911 CORT LINDAHL: As the Knights Templar 112 00:06:52,996 --> 00:06:55,196 lost their influence in the Holy Land, 113 00:06:55,290 --> 00:06:59,251 the Holy Grail could have made its way to any number of places. 114 00:06:59,336 --> 00:07:04,372 Rennes-le-Château in France is often associated with that. 115 00:07:04,466 --> 00:07:08,376 This is a place where things would traditionally be hidden. 116 00:07:08,470 --> 00:07:10,545 SHATNER: Researchers have long speculated 117 00:07:10,639 --> 00:07:12,380 that the Holy Grail is hidden 118 00:07:12,474 --> 00:07:15,183 at a well-known Knights Templar structure in Europe 119 00:07:15,269 --> 00:07:17,886 such as Rennes-le-Château 120 00:07:17,980 --> 00:07:21,222 or perhaps Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland. 121 00:07:21,316 --> 00:07:24,192 But recently, new evidence has come to light 122 00:07:24,278 --> 00:07:28,238 which suggests that the Templars may have actually kept the Grail 123 00:07:28,365 --> 00:07:30,064 beneath a small church 124 00:07:30,159 --> 00:07:33,902 located in a remote part of Poland. 125 00:07:33,996 --> 00:07:35,904 The Church of St. Stanislaus 126 00:07:35,998 --> 00:07:38,740 in the western part of modern Poland 127 00:07:38,834 --> 00:07:42,335 is a-a red brick chapel that, in appearance, 128 00:07:42,421 --> 00:07:45,079 really looks more like a fortress. 129 00:07:45,174 --> 00:07:49,417 And the year of its construction, 1232, 130 00:07:49,511 --> 00:07:53,054 was very much at the height of Templar building activity 131 00:07:53,140 --> 00:07:54,514 across Europe. 132 00:07:55,559 --> 00:07:58,426 As recently as 2020, 133 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,263 a research team using ground-penetrating radar 134 00:08:02,357 --> 00:08:06,401 found evidence of tombs of Templar Knights, 135 00:08:06,487 --> 00:08:08,987 of underground crypts and even a tunnel 136 00:08:09,072 --> 00:08:10,822 that appears to link 137 00:08:10,908 --> 00:08:13,700 the chapel to a well outside. 138 00:08:13,785 --> 00:08:17,370 So something was clearly going on. 139 00:08:18,248 --> 00:08:20,123 LINDAHL: What we're seeing there 140 00:08:20,250 --> 00:08:22,751 in Poland could be untouched. 141 00:08:22,836 --> 00:08:25,119 Nobody knows what's really there yet. 142 00:08:25,214 --> 00:08:27,881 So, it's gonna be very interesting to see 143 00:08:27,966 --> 00:08:31,626 what they discover there as they continue to investigate. 144 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,128 SHATNER: Is it possible the Knights Templar 145 00:08:34,223 --> 00:08:36,798 chose to hide the Holy Grail in Poland, 146 00:08:36,892 --> 00:08:40,101 a place searchers would not suspect? 147 00:08:40,187 --> 00:08:42,145 Uncovering the Grail here 148 00:08:42,272 --> 00:08:44,231 or wherever else it may be hidden 149 00:08:44,316 --> 00:08:48,276 would be a discovery of profound importance. 150 00:08:48,362 --> 00:08:50,812 Because for Christians around the world, 151 00:08:50,906 --> 00:08:54,533 the Holy Grail is much more than just an ancient chalice. 152 00:08:54,618 --> 00:08:58,319 It is an object touched by God. 153 00:08:58,413 --> 00:09:00,705 McMAHON: Strictly speaking, we talk 154 00:09:00,791 --> 00:09:03,992 about the Holy Grail in technical terms as a cup. 155 00:09:04,086 --> 00:09:08,004 But really, the Holy Grail is something much more profound, 156 00:09:08,131 --> 00:09:10,757 much more sacred, holy. 157 00:09:10,842 --> 00:09:14,010 There can be no doubt if the Holy Grail was found, 158 00:09:14,137 --> 00:09:17,264 this would be hugely significant 159 00:09:17,349 --> 00:09:20,675 for millions of Christians all over the world 160 00:09:20,769 --> 00:09:24,312 to have a direct connection to the crucifixion, 161 00:09:24,398 --> 00:09:26,439 to the Passion of Christ. 162 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,862 The discovery of the Holy Grail, 163 00:09:32,990 --> 00:09:37,191 a tangible artifact held by Jesus Christ himself, 164 00:09:37,286 --> 00:09:39,119 would offer a validation of faith 165 00:09:39,204 --> 00:09:42,864 for billions of Christians around the world. 166 00:09:42,958 --> 00:09:47,535 But the quest to find other hidden treasures 167 00:09:47,629 --> 00:09:51,381 is often motivated by a much different kind of reward, 168 00:09:51,508 --> 00:09:56,761 one firmly controlled by the power of obsession. 169 00:10:03,562 --> 00:10:07,731 SHATNER: Explorer Ceslav Cieslar leads an international team 170 00:10:07,816 --> 00:10:11,943 of researchers on an expedition deep inside the jungle. 171 00:10:14,197 --> 00:10:18,575 Their mission: to find a legendary Inca city of gold 172 00:10:18,660 --> 00:10:22,954 known as Paititi. 173 00:11:25,686 --> 00:11:28,978 SHATNER: For centuries, legends of Paititi 174 00:11:29,064 --> 00:11:32,941 have tempted hundreds of explorers to risk their lives 175 00:11:33,026 --> 00:11:37,395 in the hope of being the first to locate the lost golden city. 176 00:11:37,489 --> 00:11:41,232 But in almost 500 years of searching, 177 00:11:41,326 --> 00:11:43,067 no one has found it. 178 00:11:43,161 --> 00:11:48,248 Which begs the question, did Paititi even exist? 179 00:11:48,375 --> 00:11:52,910 The lure of a lost gold city called Paititi has beckoned 180 00:11:53,004 --> 00:11:56,748 many explorers and scholars over centuries now, 181 00:11:56,842 --> 00:11:58,675 leading many to their death. 182 00:12:01,179 --> 00:12:05,598 I don't think there's any reason to assume it doesn't exist. 183 00:12:06,476 --> 00:12:09,093 We know that there are many sites 184 00:12:09,187 --> 00:12:11,262 that remain to be discovered 185 00:12:11,356 --> 00:12:16,601 hidden in this densely forested and jungled area, 186 00:12:16,695 --> 00:12:20,271 In the vast wilderness of what was once occupied 187 00:12:20,365 --> 00:12:22,073 by this Inca Empire. 188 00:12:22,159 --> 00:12:25,744 SHATNER: If Paititi is, in fact, a real place, 189 00:12:25,829 --> 00:12:29,113 as those who keep searching for it believe, 190 00:12:29,207 --> 00:12:33,585 then where might it be hidden? 191 00:12:33,670 --> 00:12:35,787 Perhaps the answer can be found by examining 192 00:12:35,881 --> 00:12:40,008 how the obsession with the legendary golden city started. 193 00:12:46,850 --> 00:12:50,685 Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro 194 00:12:50,771 --> 00:12:55,106 invade the Inca capital city Cajamarca 195 00:12:55,192 --> 00:13:00,144 and capture Atahualpa, the Inca Emperor. 196 00:13:00,238 --> 00:13:02,113 BELLINGER: Atahualpa knew 197 00:13:02,199 --> 00:13:04,783 that all the Spaniards wanted was gold. 198 00:13:04,868 --> 00:13:07,577 And so he said, "I will give you a roomful of gold 199 00:13:07,662 --> 00:13:09,704 and silver if you will let me go." 200 00:13:11,249 --> 00:13:13,333 The gold came in bits and pieces, 201 00:13:13,460 --> 00:13:15,168 Pizarro was impatient. 202 00:13:15,295 --> 00:13:18,505 He killed Atahualpa before the entire ransom 203 00:13:18,632 --> 00:13:20,340 had been delivered. 204 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:23,051 And those Inca who were still en route 205 00:13:23,136 --> 00:13:27,338 bringing more of this gold headed for the hills. 206 00:13:27,432 --> 00:13:30,767 With evidence everywhere for abundant gold, 207 00:13:30,852 --> 00:13:33,845 Pizarro and the rest of the conquistadors concluded 208 00:13:33,939 --> 00:13:36,481 that there must be a city somewhere, 209 00:13:36,566 --> 00:13:43,187 what has become known as this golden city of Paititi. 210 00:13:43,281 --> 00:13:48,451 And it started a quest that has eluded people, 211 00:13:48,537 --> 00:13:51,696 but has attracted many, many expeditions 212 00:13:51,790 --> 00:13:53,456 over centuries since. 213 00:13:53,542 --> 00:13:55,366 (speaking indistinctly) 214 00:13:55,460 --> 00:13:58,253 SHATNER: If anyone understands the ongoing obsession 215 00:13:58,338 --> 00:14:02,707 with Paititi, it is American explorer Greg Deyermenjian. 216 00:14:02,801 --> 00:14:06,544 Greg has led more than 20 expeditions 217 00:14:06,638 --> 00:14:09,305 into the depths of the Peruvian jungle 218 00:14:09,391 --> 00:14:13,050 in what has become a very personal quest 219 00:14:13,144 --> 00:14:15,720 to locate Paititi. 220 00:14:15,814 --> 00:14:17,313 GREG DEYERMENJIAN: People that think I'm a masochist 221 00:14:17,399 --> 00:14:19,774 for the ongoing pain and exhaustion 222 00:14:19,860 --> 00:14:22,944 that, um, I feel on the expeditions, 223 00:14:23,029 --> 00:14:25,563 'cause it's just so difficult and far 224 00:14:25,657 --> 00:14:27,398 and remote and uncomfortable. 225 00:14:27,492 --> 00:14:29,033 Even though, you know, this is 226 00:14:29,119 --> 00:14:30,618 the most important thing in my life. 227 00:14:32,664 --> 00:14:35,406 As far as how close we are to finding Paititi, 228 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:39,911 that's very difficult to be said. 229 00:14:40,005 --> 00:14:43,339 Well, because there are so many unexplored areas 230 00:14:43,425 --> 00:14:47,844 still hidden in the recesses of Peru. 231 00:14:49,848 --> 00:14:52,223 SHATNER: The Peruvian rainforest stretches across 232 00:14:52,309 --> 00:14:54,017 thousands of square miles. 233 00:14:54,102 --> 00:14:57,437 An impenetrable sea of trees 234 00:14:57,564 --> 00:14:59,522 waiting to swallow anyone brave enough, 235 00:14:59,608 --> 00:15:04,769 or perhaps obsessed enough, to search for Paititi. 236 00:15:04,863 --> 00:15:08,197 But Ceslav Cieslar believes 237 00:15:08,283 --> 00:15:11,534 he finally has the key to finding the hidden city, 238 00:15:11,620 --> 00:15:15,371 using images collected by satellites. 239 00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:10,969 SHATNER: Could satellites allow Ceslav and his team to succeed 240 00:16:11,054 --> 00:16:13,170 where so many others have failed? 241 00:16:13,264 --> 00:16:15,431 Perhaps. 242 00:16:15,517 --> 00:16:17,675 But one thing is certain. 243 00:16:17,769 --> 00:16:19,936 Treasure hunters are not going to stop looking 244 00:16:20,021 --> 00:16:23,180 for Paititi anytime soon. 245 00:16:23,274 --> 00:16:24,607 DEYERMENJIAN: Paititi resonates 246 00:16:24,693 --> 00:16:26,609 within the human psyche 247 00:16:26,695 --> 00:16:30,354 for two maybe connected but maybe separate reasons. 248 00:16:30,448 --> 00:16:33,024 One is simply the age-old fact 249 00:16:33,118 --> 00:16:35,660 that anything associated with gold, 250 00:16:35,745 --> 00:16:39,288 be it in 1532 251 00:16:39,374 --> 00:16:42,867 or 1650 or 2021, 252 00:16:42,961 --> 00:16:45,420 that's always an attraction. 253 00:16:45,505 --> 00:16:48,381 The other is there will always be some desire 254 00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:52,301 for something that's mysterious, that's adventurous, 255 00:16:52,387 --> 00:16:54,262 that's out there that's yet to be found, 256 00:16:54,347 --> 00:16:57,098 that's yet to be documented, that's yet to be explained. 257 00:17:00,228 --> 00:17:02,437 If the legend of Paititi is enough 258 00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:04,731 to make people risk everything 259 00:17:04,858 --> 00:17:07,692 to search for a lost city of gold, 260 00:17:07,777 --> 00:17:10,895 then imagine the yearning of treasure hunters 261 00:17:10,989 --> 00:17:13,906 who are looking for a vast cache of riches 262 00:17:14,034 --> 00:17:18,536 protected by an unbreakable code. 263 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:30,081 SHATNER: This rural area is filled with rolling foothills, 264 00:17:30,175 --> 00:17:35,762 patchy forests and quaint farms and cottages. 265 00:17:35,889 --> 00:17:40,433 But there are those who believe that Bedford County 266 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:46,355 also holds the answer to a 200-year-old mystery. 267 00:17:46,441 --> 00:17:50,026 The mystery of the Beale treasure. 268 00:17:50,945 --> 00:17:54,530 Thomas J. Beale was an educated man 269 00:17:54,616 --> 00:17:57,992 from here in the local area in the 1820s. 270 00:17:59,370 --> 00:18:00,787 And him and a bunch of his buddies 271 00:18:00,914 --> 00:18:03,114 went out west for an adventure. 272 00:18:03,208 --> 00:18:04,782 They were young and rich and educated 273 00:18:04,876 --> 00:18:07,919 and wanted to see the West. 274 00:18:08,004 --> 00:18:10,121 Thomas Beale and his compatriots, 275 00:18:10,215 --> 00:18:14,926 said to be up to 30 people, traveled first to St. Louis. 276 00:18:15,011 --> 00:18:18,096 Then they traveled north into Colorado where they were said 277 00:18:18,181 --> 00:18:21,465 to have found a deposit of gold and silver 278 00:18:21,559 --> 00:18:25,302 which they worked for several months, 279 00:18:25,396 --> 00:18:28,639 and then transported back to Virginia, 280 00:18:28,733 --> 00:18:32,860 hiding it in a vault somewhere in Bedford County. 281 00:18:34,322 --> 00:18:35,479 SHATNER: A hidden vault filled 282 00:18:35,573 --> 00:18:37,815 with millions in gold and silver? 283 00:18:37,909 --> 00:18:41,369 It's certainly an incredible story. 284 00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:43,487 But that's not why we're still talking 285 00:18:43,581 --> 00:18:45,790 about the Beale Treasure today. 286 00:18:45,875 --> 00:18:47,992 The real reason why it has become 287 00:18:48,086 --> 00:18:52,004 so famous and sought after is because of the ingenious way 288 00:18:52,132 --> 00:18:56,300 Thomas Beale decided to hide his fortune. 289 00:18:56,386 --> 00:18:58,928 LINDAHL: No one really knows why Thomas Beale decided 290 00:18:59,013 --> 00:19:01,931 to hide the treasure, but it could be because, 291 00:19:02,016 --> 00:19:03,641 at the time this was found, 292 00:19:03,726 --> 00:19:06,435 Colorado was still part of Spain, 293 00:19:06,521 --> 00:19:07,854 and they would've, 294 00:19:07,981 --> 00:19:09,847 if they would have been caught mining there, 295 00:19:09,941 --> 00:19:11,858 it would have been a capital offense 296 00:19:11,985 --> 00:19:14,152 and they would have gotten in a lot of trouble. 297 00:19:15,613 --> 00:19:18,990 We do know Thomas Beale gave a box 298 00:19:19,075 --> 00:19:22,160 to Robert Morriss in Lynchburg, Virginia, 299 00:19:22,245 --> 00:19:27,123 who ran a boarding house there, in about 1822, 300 00:19:27,208 --> 00:19:32,211 with instructions for him not to open it until 1832. 301 00:19:32,338 --> 00:19:35,372 THOMPSON: Beale goes, "I want you to, like, keep this for safekeeping, 302 00:19:35,466 --> 00:19:38,542 "'cause I'll be back in about ten years, and if I'm not, 303 00:19:38,636 --> 00:19:41,212 you're free to open it up and figure out what's going on." 304 00:19:41,306 --> 00:19:45,183 SHATNER: But as the story goes, Thomas Beale never returned. 305 00:19:45,268 --> 00:19:49,020 He disappeared and was never seen or heard from again. 306 00:19:49,105 --> 00:19:54,892 So, naturally, Mr. Morriss began to wonder, 307 00:19:54,986 --> 00:19:58,562 "What's in the box?" 308 00:19:58,656 --> 00:20:00,573 THOMPSON: About 20 years later, Mr. Morriss goes, 309 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:03,784 "Oh, yeah, that's right. It's been more than ten years. 310 00:20:03,870 --> 00:20:05,411 I can open up this box." 311 00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:08,239 Well, he opens up the box and there's three letters 312 00:20:08,333 --> 00:20:11,042 that are all written in numbers. 313 00:20:11,127 --> 00:20:16,756 So, it was, like, "12, 537, 16, 8." 314 00:20:16,883 --> 00:20:18,415 Just a bunch of numbers. 315 00:20:18,509 --> 00:20:22,419 And Mr. Morriss was like, "Okay, 316 00:20:22,513 --> 00:20:24,805 I have no idea how to solve this." 317 00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:27,683 SHATNER: Thomas Beale had written the three notes using a simple 318 00:20:27,769 --> 00:20:31,646 but effective secret code that is known as a book cipher. 319 00:20:31,731 --> 00:20:35,107 This technique replaces letters with numbers, 320 00:20:35,235 --> 00:20:38,778 creating a code based on a secret source document. 321 00:20:38,905 --> 00:20:43,491 But until you know what document the numbers correspond to, 322 00:20:43,576 --> 00:20:46,452 it is impossible to decode the cipher 323 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:49,613 and reveal the secret message. 324 00:20:49,707 --> 00:20:51,782 ORANCHAK: It was a type of encryption used a lot 325 00:20:51,876 --> 00:20:54,335 during the Revolutionary War, and the numbers 326 00:20:54,420 --> 00:20:57,421 would indicate line numbers and word numbers within, like, 327 00:20:57,507 --> 00:21:00,925 a dictionary or a law manual or something like that. 328 00:21:01,010 --> 00:21:04,470 It's fairly secure, provided that you keep 329 00:21:04,597 --> 00:21:07,598 the identity of the book or source material secret. 330 00:21:10,645 --> 00:21:13,104 SHATNER: Since no one knew what text Thomas Beale had used 331 00:21:13,189 --> 00:21:14,814 as his cipher, 332 00:21:14,941 --> 00:21:18,976 the three messages remained unsolved for decades. 333 00:21:19,070 --> 00:21:21,312 That is, until 1885, 334 00:21:21,406 --> 00:21:26,492 when a man named James B. Ward began selling a 50-cent pamphlet 335 00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:30,538 which revealed that Beale had used a surprising document 336 00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:33,541 as the cipher for the second message: 337 00:21:33,626 --> 00:21:38,796 the Declaration of Independence. 338 00:21:38,881 --> 00:21:41,215 What Thomas Beale had done 339 00:21:41,301 --> 00:21:43,092 was he wrote a number under each word 340 00:21:43,177 --> 00:21:45,169 of the Declaration of Independence in order. 341 00:21:45,263 --> 00:21:49,056 So, starting at the first word: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5," 342 00:21:49,142 --> 00:21:52,351 all the way down to the 800s or the 900s. 343 00:21:52,478 --> 00:21:57,181 And so, he took the "I" in the first word of the message, 344 00:21:57,275 --> 00:21:59,775 and looked for a word starting with the letter I 345 00:21:59,861 --> 00:22:02,611 in the Declaration of Independence. 346 00:22:02,697 --> 00:22:05,356 And then he picked one of them, and looked at the number 347 00:22:05,450 --> 00:22:07,191 that he had written underneath it 348 00:22:07,285 --> 00:22:10,328 and used that number to stand for that letter I. 349 00:22:10,413 --> 00:22:13,030 And so he continued to the next letter in his message, 350 00:22:13,124 --> 00:22:14,874 wrote down the number associated with that word 351 00:22:15,001 --> 00:22:16,867 and then continued along to create 352 00:22:16,961 --> 00:22:20,037 this long sequence of numbers. 353 00:22:20,131 --> 00:22:24,467 Apparently, what he had done was he encoded three messages, 354 00:22:24,552 --> 00:22:27,762 one of which describe the contents of the treasure, 355 00:22:27,847 --> 00:22:30,047 another describing its location 356 00:22:30,141 --> 00:22:33,100 and then the third note, uh, describes 357 00:22:33,186 --> 00:22:35,644 the owners of the treasure and t-their relatives. 358 00:22:37,482 --> 00:22:40,224 THOMPSON: Mr. Ward took the Declaration of Independence 359 00:22:40,318 --> 00:22:43,560 and was able to compare that with the one letter 360 00:22:43,654 --> 00:22:46,155 and he was able to figure out how that worked. 361 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:50,451 Mr. Ward was able to translate "I have deposited in the County 362 00:22:50,536 --> 00:22:54,205 "of Bedford about four miles from Buford's, six feet below 363 00:22:54,290 --> 00:22:58,075 "the surface of the ground, 1,014 pounds of gold, 364 00:22:58,169 --> 00:23:01,712 "and 3,812 pounds of silver 365 00:23:01,798 --> 00:23:05,633 deposited November 1819." 366 00:23:05,718 --> 00:23:08,552 If the description of the contents of the vault, 367 00:23:08,638 --> 00:23:09,586 if it's truthful, 368 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,056 the treasure is estimated to be worth 369 00:23:12,141 --> 00:23:15,226 about $40 million in today's money. 370 00:23:15,311 --> 00:23:18,312 So, obviously, that's a very compelling motivation 371 00:23:18,398 --> 00:23:22,024 to find, uh, the solutions to the other ciphers. 372 00:23:22,110 --> 00:23:25,236 THOMPSON The-the first letter which says 373 00:23:25,321 --> 00:23:29,156 exactly where it's located has never been decoded. 374 00:23:29,242 --> 00:23:32,201 So, which is one reason why people don't know 375 00:23:32,286 --> 00:23:35,079 where exactly it's within those four miles. 376 00:23:36,416 --> 00:23:39,625 SHATNER: One place that is located within the four-mile area 377 00:23:39,752 --> 00:23:42,286 that Beale described is a farm 378 00:23:42,380 --> 00:23:44,755 owned by a man named Danny Johnson. 379 00:23:44,841 --> 00:23:47,007 Which is why, for decades, 380 00:23:47,093 --> 00:23:49,293 people have been coming to his property 381 00:23:49,387 --> 00:23:51,137 in search of the Beale treasure. 382 00:23:53,099 --> 00:23:54,723 JOHNSON: People from all over 383 00:23:54,809 --> 00:23:59,136 the world have been here to find that treasure. 384 00:23:59,230 --> 00:24:01,472 And every single one of them has a different idea 385 00:24:01,566 --> 00:24:03,607 of where the treasure is buried. 386 00:24:03,693 --> 00:24:06,986 And some people have dug without permission. 387 00:24:07,113 --> 00:24:10,406 There's probably been, I don't know how many holes dug 388 00:24:10,491 --> 00:24:12,450 right around me. 389 00:24:12,535 --> 00:24:14,318 Every single one of them believes 390 00:24:14,412 --> 00:24:17,154 that they have broken the code. 391 00:24:17,248 --> 00:24:20,657 You've got generations of researchers that are coming 392 00:24:20,751 --> 00:24:22,326 and looking for this gold and silver. 393 00:24:22,420 --> 00:24:25,713 You're talking about a lot of money. 394 00:24:25,798 --> 00:24:28,466 And I think that's why people are still looking for it. 395 00:24:30,928 --> 00:24:34,838 Will the Beale treasure ever be found? 396 00:24:34,932 --> 00:24:37,892 I guess that depends on whether or not 397 00:24:37,977 --> 00:24:40,352 someone is able to decode the cipher. 398 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,981 But while solving a puzzle can be quite enticing, 399 00:24:44,066 --> 00:24:46,734 oftentimes, the strongest motivation 400 00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:51,405 for finding hidden treasure is plain old greed. 401 00:24:57,079 --> 00:24:59,029 SHATNER: In this suburban town 402 00:24:59,123 --> 00:25:03,534 stands the Catherine Palace. 403 00:25:03,628 --> 00:25:05,669 Originally built in the 18th century 404 00:25:05,755 --> 00:25:08,205 as a summer home for the Russian royal family, 405 00:25:08,299 --> 00:25:10,925 his palatial estate is one of the grandest, 406 00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:14,803 most opulent residences in the world. 407 00:25:14,889 --> 00:25:18,382 Each of its many rooms is considered a masterpiece 408 00:25:18,476 --> 00:25:20,851 of Baroque design. 409 00:25:21,979 --> 00:25:25,564 But there is one special room in this palace 410 00:25:25,691 --> 00:25:29,893 that has become the center of a modern-day treasure hunt. 411 00:25:29,987 --> 00:25:34,615 It's known as the Amber Room. 412 00:25:36,118 --> 00:25:37,734 The Amber Room was built for Peter the Great 413 00:25:37,828 --> 00:25:40,737 in Russia in the 18th century 414 00:25:40,831 --> 00:25:44,375 as part of the Catherine Palace near St. Petersburg. 415 00:25:45,503 --> 00:25:47,578 There was gold, yes, there were jewels, yes, 416 00:25:47,672 --> 00:25:50,247 but the main thing was amber. 417 00:25:50,341 --> 00:25:52,049 Wherever you looked: amber. 418 00:25:52,134 --> 00:25:55,752 It was like a, like a shrine to-to amber. 419 00:25:55,846 --> 00:25:57,972 KIRKPATRICK: The Amber Room contains 420 00:25:58,057 --> 00:26:02,593 well over a thousand pounds of amber. 421 00:26:02,687 --> 00:26:04,687 You know, what amber actually is, 422 00:26:04,772 --> 00:26:08,148 is petrified tree sap from pine trees. 423 00:26:08,234 --> 00:26:11,935 Which is a very, very rare substance 424 00:26:12,029 --> 00:26:14,280 which is measured by the carat. 425 00:26:14,407 --> 00:26:16,282 In addition to the amber, 426 00:26:16,409 --> 00:26:18,951 you have gemstones, 427 00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:22,446 you have gold leaf gilding, 428 00:26:22,540 --> 00:26:25,249 mirrors everywhere and candelabras. 429 00:26:25,334 --> 00:26:28,619 And while the candelabras are lit, 430 00:26:28,713 --> 00:26:31,121 you have these sparkling lights 431 00:26:31,215 --> 00:26:33,624 shimmering off all of these different mirrors 432 00:26:33,718 --> 00:26:36,460 and off of these gemstones and the amber itself, 433 00:26:36,554 --> 00:26:39,305 which was, sort of glows under that light. 434 00:26:40,891 --> 00:26:43,133 PICKNETT: And it was, obviously, a-almost 435 00:26:43,227 --> 00:26:45,477 a transcendent experience to go into the room, 436 00:26:45,605 --> 00:26:50,140 and it instantly became the talk of the world 437 00:26:50,234 --> 00:26:56,071 because it was dripping with opulence. 438 00:26:56,949 --> 00:26:58,657 SHATNER: In the early 20th century, 439 00:26:58,784 --> 00:27:00,409 many referred to the Amber room 440 00:27:00,494 --> 00:27:03,579 as the Eighth Wonder of the World. 441 00:27:04,665 --> 00:27:06,323 Its value has been estimated 442 00:27:06,417 --> 00:27:09,627 to be over $500 million in today's dollars. 443 00:27:09,712 --> 00:27:11,587 But it's hard to appraise 444 00:27:11,672 --> 00:27:13,714 exactly how much it would be worth, 445 00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:16,258 because the magnificent jewels 446 00:27:16,344 --> 00:27:20,346 and panels of the Amber Room were stolen. 447 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,355 Adolf Hitler launches Operation Barbarossa, 448 00:27:29,482 --> 00:27:32,191 the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. 449 00:27:32,318 --> 00:27:34,360 Within weeks, German troops lay siege 450 00:27:34,487 --> 00:27:36,853 to the city of St. Petersburg. 451 00:27:36,947 --> 00:27:41,408 But Hitler's goal isn't only to capture the Russian city. 452 00:27:41,494 --> 00:27:46,038 He's also fixated on taking the Amber Room for himself. 453 00:27:48,042 --> 00:27:53,128 The Nazis were obsessed with looting valuable stuff. 454 00:27:54,882 --> 00:27:58,208 Artworks, you name it. Anything that was valuable. 455 00:27:58,302 --> 00:28:01,303 So wherever they saw it-- and let's not forget, 456 00:28:01,389 --> 00:28:04,047 they occupied many, many countries-- they took it. 457 00:28:04,141 --> 00:28:06,975 KIRKPATRICK: The German commandos, 458 00:28:07,061 --> 00:28:09,311 they knew exactly what they were doing, 459 00:28:09,397 --> 00:28:11,522 and in a mere 36 hours, 460 00:28:11,607 --> 00:28:16,560 pried these sheets of amber off the wall, 461 00:28:16,654 --> 00:28:20,280 packaged it up into 27 crates, 462 00:28:20,366 --> 00:28:23,951 and already had a destination in mind. 463 00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:31,074 SHATNER: The Nazis put the 27 crates containing the Amber Room 464 00:28:31,168 --> 00:28:34,911 on a train and shipped them to Konigsberg Castle in Germany. 465 00:28:35,005 --> 00:28:39,591 The Amber Room was then put on display in the castle. 466 00:28:39,719 --> 00:28:42,386 That is, until in August 1944... 467 00:28:44,849 --> 00:28:49,259 ...when Allied forces advanced into Germany, 468 00:28:49,353 --> 00:28:52,688 and the Nazis were forced to move the Amber Room yet again 469 00:28:52,773 --> 00:28:55,899 to prevent it from being reclaimed by the Russians. 470 00:28:55,985 --> 00:29:01,104 But no one knows for sure where they hid it. 471 00:29:01,198 --> 00:29:03,115 For the Nazis, towards the end of the war, 472 00:29:03,242 --> 00:29:06,452 when they knew their number was up, uh, basically, 473 00:29:06,579 --> 00:29:10,781 all their looted artworks and treasures, uh, were dispersed. 474 00:29:10,875 --> 00:29:14,785 And they were hidden down silver mines 475 00:29:14,879 --> 00:29:17,671 or disused mines or caves. 476 00:29:19,675 --> 00:29:22,626 KIRKPATRICK: That's the enduring mystery of the Amber Room. 477 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,295 Was this put on a train and sent into Germany? 478 00:29:25,389 --> 00:29:26,680 Was it sent up into the Alps? 479 00:29:26,766 --> 00:29:28,465 Was it sunk into a lake? 480 00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:30,476 Wh-- Did it go into a salt mine? 481 00:29:30,603 --> 00:29:34,971 There are a tantalizing number 482 00:29:35,065 --> 00:29:39,810 of possible locations for what became of it. 483 00:29:39,904 --> 00:29:44,314 SHATNER: Where did the Nazis hide the Amber Room? 484 00:29:44,408 --> 00:29:47,451 And could that secret location be where it still is today, 485 00:29:47,536 --> 00:29:49,620 more than 75 years later? 486 00:29:50,790 --> 00:29:52,656 According to many researchers, 487 00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:56,043 the best clue as to the whereabouts of the Amber Room 488 00:29:56,128 --> 00:30:01,256 came from a Nazi war criminal named Erich Koch. 489 00:30:01,342 --> 00:30:05,427 Erich Koch was Gauleiter of East Prussia. 490 00:30:05,513 --> 00:30:08,171 Um, that's the sort of equivalent of governor 491 00:30:08,265 --> 00:30:09,840 of that whole region. 492 00:30:09,934 --> 00:30:13,677 And he was one of the most unyielding, 493 00:30:13,771 --> 00:30:16,021 brutal of any of the Nazis. 494 00:30:16,148 --> 00:30:18,857 He was the one who put the Amber Room 495 00:30:18,984 --> 00:30:20,818 on display in the castle. 496 00:30:20,903 --> 00:30:24,521 He also ordered it crated up to be saved 497 00:30:24,615 --> 00:30:27,023 as the Soviets were approaching, 498 00:30:27,117 --> 00:30:31,578 and was arrested as he was trying to get on a submarine 499 00:30:31,664 --> 00:30:33,697 bound for South America, 500 00:30:33,791 --> 00:30:37,334 and sentenced to death, only he was not executed. 501 00:30:37,419 --> 00:30:41,204 And part of the reason he was not executed 502 00:30:41,298 --> 00:30:45,092 is that he was perhaps the only person 503 00:30:45,177 --> 00:30:48,554 who really knew what happened to the Amber Room. 504 00:30:50,516 --> 00:30:52,549 SHATNER: In 1986, Erich Koch died 505 00:30:52,643 --> 00:30:55,719 of natural causes in a Polish prison. 506 00:30:55,813 --> 00:30:58,388 But according to eyewitness accounts, 507 00:30:58,482 --> 00:31:01,859 before his death, Koch was seen leading Polish authorities 508 00:31:01,944 --> 00:31:05,896 on a search for the Amber Room at a former Nazi military base 509 00:31:05,990 --> 00:31:07,898 near the town of Mamerki, Poland, 510 00:31:07,992 --> 00:31:13,287 which is located just 80 miles southeast of Konigsberg. 511 00:31:13,372 --> 00:31:15,914 Based on the fact that you have eyewitnesses, 512 00:31:16,041 --> 00:31:18,250 the most tantalizing new theory 513 00:31:18,377 --> 00:31:21,795 is that the Amber Room is somehow hidden 514 00:31:21,881 --> 00:31:26,133 in the former Nazi army headquarters 515 00:31:26,218 --> 00:31:28,468 in Mamerki, in Poland. 516 00:31:29,638 --> 00:31:31,722 This is an important site 517 00:31:31,807 --> 00:31:37,185 where you have these massive cement bunker buildings. 518 00:31:37,271 --> 00:31:41,431 So a very compelling argument could be made 519 00:31:41,525 --> 00:31:44,902 that that's where the Amber Room is. 520 00:31:45,738 --> 00:31:47,771 SHATNER: Is the Amber Room hidden 521 00:31:47,865 --> 00:31:51,366 in the ruins of a Nazi base in Poland? 522 00:31:51,452 --> 00:31:54,620 Perhaps the answer can be found by examining 523 00:31:54,747 --> 00:31:59,282 new evidence which suggests that beneath this facility, 524 00:31:59,376 --> 00:32:05,547 there may be a secret network of tunnels deep underground. 525 00:32:08,886 --> 00:32:10,510 SHATNER: In 1941, 526 00:32:10,596 --> 00:32:13,138 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union 527 00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:16,633 and stole the magnificent jewels and panels of the Amber Room, 528 00:32:16,727 --> 00:32:19,970 the so-called Eighth Wonder of the World. 529 00:32:20,064 --> 00:32:23,523 But after Germany was defeated, the Amber Room 530 00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:26,610 was never recovered, and since that time, 531 00:32:26,695 --> 00:32:30,822 many have wondered where the Nazis hid the treasure. 532 00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:34,484 In recent years, some researchers have suggested 533 00:32:34,578 --> 00:32:36,828 that the Amber Room could possibly be hidden 534 00:32:36,956 --> 00:32:41,333 beneath a former Nazi military base located in Mamerki, Poland. 535 00:32:41,460 --> 00:32:45,161 - (men speaking Polish) - And on June 27, 2019, 536 00:32:45,255 --> 00:32:48,090 a team of local researchers lifted a concrete slab 537 00:32:48,175 --> 00:32:51,343 from the ground in the area of the base, 538 00:32:51,470 --> 00:32:56,673 revealing a narrow, unexplored tunnel. 539 00:32:56,767 --> 00:33:00,227 Some believe that this discovery suggests 540 00:33:00,312 --> 00:33:06,182 that the base may, in fact, hold treasure stolen by the Nazis. 541 00:33:06,276 --> 00:33:09,027 KIRKPATRICK: Historians don't know, actually, 542 00:33:09,154 --> 00:33:12,864 how, uh, extensive this tunneling is. 543 00:33:12,992 --> 00:33:15,525 I mean, you literally could have miles of this stuff. 544 00:33:15,619 --> 00:33:18,578 So, of course, the speculation 545 00:33:18,664 --> 00:33:23,208 is that maybe this is where the Amber Room is, 546 00:33:23,335 --> 00:33:28,255 because it's only a couple hours' drive from Konigsberg. 547 00:33:28,340 --> 00:33:31,049 You could easily have put those crates on a truck 548 00:33:31,176 --> 00:33:33,719 and brought it to this Nazi facility. 549 00:33:33,846 --> 00:33:37,305 SHATNER: Could underground tunnels below the Nazi base 550 00:33:37,391 --> 00:33:39,382 be the true hiding place 551 00:33:39,476 --> 00:33:42,394 of the priceless pieces of the Amber Room? 552 00:33:42,521 --> 00:33:46,231 According to local historian Bartek Plebanczyk, 553 00:33:46,358 --> 00:33:48,442 the answer is yes. 554 00:33:49,528 --> 00:33:51,236 Bartek has spent years 555 00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:53,238 exploring numerous tunnels that are already known 556 00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:56,408 to connect more than 30 bunkers and fortifications 557 00:33:56,535 --> 00:33:58,410 throughout the base. 558 00:33:58,537 --> 00:34:01,580 It is his belief that in addition to these structures, 559 00:34:01,707 --> 00:34:05,459 there may be a larger network of secret tunnels that lie 560 00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:08,295 even deeper underground. 561 00:34:32,237 --> 00:34:34,604 SHATNER: Because Bartek and his associates 562 00:34:34,698 --> 00:34:37,941 have already found evidence of previously undiscovered tunnels 563 00:34:38,035 --> 00:34:41,119 in the forest area near the base, 564 00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:45,123 he is utilizing ground-penetrating radar 565 00:34:45,250 --> 00:34:48,710 to gather more information about what lies below. 566 00:35:20,285 --> 00:35:22,494 SHATNER: Will further investigation at Mamerki 567 00:35:22,621 --> 00:35:25,155 reveal the lost Amber Room? 568 00:35:25,249 --> 00:35:26,331 Perhaps. 569 00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:28,750 But some researchers suggest 570 00:35:28,836 --> 00:35:31,002 that the crates containing the Amber Room 571 00:35:31,130 --> 00:35:33,997 aren't hidden beneath a decaying Nazi bunker, 572 00:35:34,091 --> 00:35:39,010 but rather beneath the icy waters of the Baltic Sea, 573 00:35:39,138 --> 00:35:41,555 inside the wreck of a German cargo ship 574 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:45,392 named the SS Karlsruhe. 575 00:35:45,477 --> 00:35:48,520 A group of divers from a company called Baltictech 576 00:35:48,647 --> 00:35:50,897 found the Karlsruhe wreck 577 00:35:50,983 --> 00:35:55,110 at the bottom of the Baltic Sea in the fall of 2020. 578 00:35:55,195 --> 00:35:59,281 The Karlsruhe is a really interesting case. 579 00:35:59,366 --> 00:36:03,577 Konigsberg Castle was located on the shores of the Baltic Sea. 580 00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:07,038 And so, it was well positioned for the evacuation 581 00:36:07,166 --> 00:36:12,085 when the Red Army descended upon this area 582 00:36:12,171 --> 00:36:15,505 and the Nazis knew that the gig was up. 583 00:36:15,591 --> 00:36:19,050 If there was anything remaining in Konigsberg Castle 584 00:36:19,178 --> 00:36:23,972 that had not yet been evacuated, it was going out on that ship. 585 00:36:24,933 --> 00:36:28,727 The Karlsruhe was unfortunately sunk 586 00:36:28,854 --> 00:36:30,770 by Soviet aircraft. 587 00:36:30,856 --> 00:36:33,773 Fully laden, had about a thousand people on board, 588 00:36:33,859 --> 00:36:37,402 and possibly with cargo including the 27 crates 589 00:36:37,529 --> 00:36:39,529 containing the Amber Room. 590 00:36:39,615 --> 00:36:43,450 Study is continuing to understand 591 00:36:43,535 --> 00:36:46,036 exactly what is contained in this ship. 592 00:36:46,121 --> 00:36:48,905 But there are many who are hopeful 593 00:36:48,999 --> 00:36:52,834 that the 27 boxes containing the Amber Room 594 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:56,588 are among its hidden treasures. 595 00:36:56,715 --> 00:37:01,343 We now recognize the importance of-of art, 596 00:37:01,428 --> 00:37:05,347 uh, and artifacts to the identity of a nation, 597 00:37:05,432 --> 00:37:10,093 that, um, to steal the art and artifacts of a nation 598 00:37:10,187 --> 00:37:12,812 is to erase that culture. 599 00:37:13,857 --> 00:37:17,275 So, I wish Russia the best 600 00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:20,237 in getting that Amber Room back, 601 00:37:20,322 --> 00:37:24,532 because of what it will mean to the people. 602 00:37:24,618 --> 00:37:28,787 At the Catherine Palace outside St. Petersburg, 603 00:37:28,914 --> 00:37:31,665 Russian craftsmen spent 24 years 604 00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:34,793 reconstructing the Amber Room piece by piece. 605 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:38,296 Today the replica is open for public viewing. 606 00:37:38,423 --> 00:37:43,301 And yet, that hasn't stopped treasure hunters from searching 607 00:37:43,428 --> 00:37:47,681 for the original, which, for the time being, remains hidden. 608 00:37:47,766 --> 00:37:53,469 But there's another treasure room, across the globe in India, 609 00:37:53,563 --> 00:37:57,148 that, while its location is known, 610 00:37:57,276 --> 00:38:00,810 people don't dare enter, 611 00:38:00,904 --> 00:38:05,991 because this treasure is guarded by a deadly curse. 612 00:38:11,456 --> 00:38:14,749 SHATNER: Heavily armed police officers patrol the entrance 613 00:38:14,876 --> 00:38:21,080 to an ancient Hindu temple, the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. 614 00:38:21,174 --> 00:38:23,249 By order of India's Supreme Court, 615 00:38:23,343 --> 00:38:26,753 officials begin unsealing six mysterious vaults 616 00:38:26,847 --> 00:38:28,471 which have remained locked beneath the temple 617 00:38:28,557 --> 00:38:30,432 for hundreds of years. 618 00:38:31,768 --> 00:38:35,979 And when archaeologists examined the first five vaults, 619 00:38:36,064 --> 00:38:41,484 they found untold billions in ancient treasure. 620 00:38:41,570 --> 00:38:45,155 JIM DOBSON: The government had to do an inventory of the vaults. 621 00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:46,773 So they did go in and they documented everything 622 00:38:46,867 --> 00:38:47,949 in several of the chambers. 623 00:38:48,076 --> 00:38:50,610 One chamber was just for ornaments and jewelry, 624 00:38:50,704 --> 00:38:52,278 another chamber was for jewels. 625 00:38:52,372 --> 00:38:54,113 And there were sacks and sacks 626 00:38:54,207 --> 00:38:56,166 of diamonds and rubies and emeralds. 627 00:38:56,251 --> 00:38:59,285 There were thrones made of gold. 628 00:38:59,379 --> 00:39:01,454 There was a 300-pound gold veil. 629 00:39:01,548 --> 00:39:06,092 And there was a rope of gold chain that was 1,100 pounds. 630 00:39:06,178 --> 00:39:09,796 And the reason there's so much money in this temple 631 00:39:09,890 --> 00:39:13,800 is because of contributions and taxes, and that started 632 00:39:13,894 --> 00:39:15,643 when the maharajas and the rulers started taxing 633 00:39:15,771 --> 00:39:17,804 the lower caste system. 634 00:39:17,898 --> 00:39:20,306 SHATNER: The total value of the treasure that was found 635 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:21,641 in the first five chambers 636 00:39:21,735 --> 00:39:26,646 has been estimated to be worth as much as $22 billion. 637 00:39:26,740 --> 00:39:29,148 But when officials attempted to open the door 638 00:39:29,242 --> 00:39:34,987 to the sixth and final vault, they made a shocking discovery. 639 00:39:35,082 --> 00:39:39,709 When it came to the sixth door, which they call Chamber B, 640 00:39:39,795 --> 00:39:41,419 they were decorated with cobras. 641 00:39:41,505 --> 00:39:44,089 This is a sign of danger, like a skull and crossbones. 642 00:39:44,174 --> 00:39:47,092 DEEPAK SHIMKHADA: That gives you a message: 643 00:39:47,177 --> 00:39:50,178 do not enter, or enter on your own risk. 644 00:39:50,305 --> 00:39:54,507 They are massive, huge cobras, and they can be very deadly. 645 00:39:54,601 --> 00:39:57,677 This is a forbidden place. 646 00:39:57,771 --> 00:40:01,347 SHATNER: A forbidden place? 647 00:40:01,441 --> 00:40:04,359 While that may sound like a far-fetched notion, 648 00:40:04,486 --> 00:40:06,686 many believe there is a very good reason 649 00:40:06,780 --> 00:40:09,188 not to tamper with Vault B. 650 00:40:09,282 --> 00:40:15,027 Because according to legend, it may be cursed. 651 00:40:15,122 --> 00:40:18,030 You could not go beyond this point 652 00:40:18,125 --> 00:40:21,042 because there are cobras, there are nagas. 653 00:40:21,169 --> 00:40:26,381 Nagas are the mythical serpents in Hinduism. 654 00:40:26,508 --> 00:40:30,260 And it has been said that when they sealed a door, 655 00:40:30,345 --> 00:40:35,682 it was locked with what you call Naga Paasam Mantra. 656 00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:40,478 It's-it's like a spell. Through the Naga's mantra, 657 00:40:40,564 --> 00:40:42,897 it was locked. 658 00:40:43,024 --> 00:40:45,224 Everyone is scared of the nagas, 659 00:40:45,318 --> 00:40:48,227 and they are thinking that it may be cursed. 660 00:40:48,321 --> 00:40:52,231 That is why, you know, people do not dare to open it. 661 00:40:52,325 --> 00:40:55,660 It could cause many ugly consequences. 662 00:40:55,745 --> 00:40:58,496 DOBSON: Based on what they've heard, the people all fear 663 00:40:58,582 --> 00:41:02,417 that the world will end if that chamber is opened. 664 00:41:02,544 --> 00:41:06,913 So they're really reticent about doing anything. 665 00:41:07,007 --> 00:41:09,749 Whenever you hear a story that there is trillions 666 00:41:09,843 --> 00:41:12,051 of dollars' worth of buried treasure, 667 00:41:12,137 --> 00:41:14,086 people are always gonna want to know more. 668 00:41:14,181 --> 00:41:17,765 This temple is not hidden. This temple is very public. 669 00:41:17,893 --> 00:41:18,892 People know what's in it, 670 00:41:18,977 --> 00:41:21,227 how much is in it, and what the value is. 671 00:41:21,313 --> 00:41:23,763 And yet it's hidden to us. 672 00:41:23,857 --> 00:41:27,767 We can't access it, we can't see it, we can't touch it. 673 00:41:27,861 --> 00:41:30,937 So that's the real mystery. 674 00:41:31,031 --> 00:41:33,940 Would you be willing to risk a deadly curse 675 00:41:34,034 --> 00:41:35,825 to find a hidden treasure, huh? 676 00:41:35,911 --> 00:41:39,621 (laughs) Would the potential fortune be worth it, 677 00:41:39,748 --> 00:41:42,874 or are some treasures not meant to be found? 678 00:41:43,877 --> 00:41:46,252 Perhaps their ultimate value 679 00:41:46,338 --> 00:41:50,548 lies in the mystery and wonder they inspire, 680 00:41:50,634 --> 00:41:55,595 and our lives are richer when some things remain hidden 681 00:41:55,680 --> 00:42:00,058 and unexplained. 682 00:42:00,936 --> 00:42:02,685 CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY A+E NETWORKS 54970

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