It was arguably the most beautiful and valuable artwork the world has ever known, and yet

it vanished without a trace during World War II, never to resurface, even in all the

decades since.

The Amber Room was an entire palatial room made of gold and amber gemstones of inestimable

value, but today its ultimate fate lies hidden in a mix of real history, false history,

and international politics.

The true fate of the Amber Room is coming up right now on Skeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid, I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

The true fate of the Amber Room.

Occasionally on Skeptoid, we examine popular myths about stupendous treasures and all the

efforts to find them, and in most of these cases, the truth is that the treasure probably

or certainly never existed.

But of all of these, one treasure most assuredly did exist.

The fabulous Amber Room, a room in which the very walls themselves were the treasure,

in which stood in a Russian palace for hundreds of years.

A peerless artwork worth countless millions of dollars, the Amber Room disappeared in

World War II, and treasure hunters have been looking for it ever since.

Today we're going to learn its actual fate, but be forewarned, the answer is not nearly

so straightforward as you might have heard.

The room was covered in ornate, gilded panels that glowed bright with gold and amber, bright

gems of fossilized tree sap with a rich yellow red color.

The amber was backed with gold leaf and mirrors, and cut and fit into beautiful patterns.

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