"The largest, lost treasures of the world", by J. Gisakis / 9th Primary School of Larissa, etwinning project "Flying Kites in the European sky". Kalliopi Perri, English teacher

1. John Gisakis

2.  For the Israelites, the Ark
of the Covenant was the
most sacred object on
earth. This symbol of the
Jewish nation, this
ornate ark, according to
the Bible, is designed by
God Himself.

3.  Described as the eighth wonder
of the world by those who saw it
and the most unique missing
treasure in history.
 It was a room with a dimension
of 11 feet square lined with large
panels made ​of elaborately
carved amber tones , huge
square mirrors and four
wonderful mosaics from
Florence . The amber walls were
decked with precious stones and
decorated with valuable
collections of Prussian and
Russian artwork .

4.  The famous pirate Blackbeard
only spent only two years of
his life (1716-1718) plundering
the seas. However, he
amassed a great treasure.
While the Spaniards were
busy to collect the gold and
silver from Mexico and South
America, Blackbeard and his
companions waited patiently
the Spanish ships, which were
loaded with gold and silver.

5.  In 1820, Lima, in Peru, was on the
verge of revolution. As a
preventative measure, the viceroy
of Lima decided to transport the
fabulous wealth of the city in
Mexico to the preserve. The
treasure included, among others,
precious stones and two life-size
gold statues of Mary holding the
baby Jesus. The treasure filled 11
ships and was valued at around
$ 60,000,000.

6.  When Howard Carter found
the tomb of Tutankhamen in
Egypt, Valley of the Kings in
1922, he was fascinated by the
splendor of the artifacts that
the young king had taken
with him to the afterlife.
 There were so many jewels
and other artifacts that Carter
took ten years to fully
register.

7.  The decimation of the Spaniards by
the Aztecs in Mexico took place on
July 1, 1520 , when Hernando Cortés
and his men were trapped in the
capital Tenochtitlán by enraged
Aztec warriors .
 After days of vicious fighting ,
Cortés ordered his men to pack the
treasures of Montezuma and try to
run away at night . They failed ,
however, to leave, after the Aztecs
caught up and attacked them . The
massacre that followed filled the
lake Tezcuco with the dead bodies
of the Spaniards and the fabulous
treasures of Montezuma.

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