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History Unplugged Podcast

The Most Valuable Lost Treasure That Still Exists

History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged

History, Society & Culture

4.24K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2017

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

As Imperial Spain transported literal tons of gold from the New World to the motherland, hurricanes sunk much of it to the bottom of the Atlantic. Find out about the most valuable treasure that is likely still out there.   TO HELP OUT THE SHOW Leave...

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0:00.0

The History of North America podcast is a sweeping historical saga of the United States,

0:09.4

Canada, and Mexico from their deep origins to our present epoch.

0:13.9

Join me, Mark Vinet, on this exciting, fascinating epic journey through time, focusing on the compelling,

0:20.8

wonderful, and tragic stories of North America's inhabitants, heroes, villains, leaders,

0:27.1

environment, and geography.

0:29.5

I invite you to come along for the ride!

0:59.5

Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast, the unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes,

1:14.6

Mythbust's historical lies, and rediscover the forgotten stories that changed our world.

1:21.3

I'm your host, Scott Rank.

1:29.4

Hi everyone, welcome to an in-between episode where I answer any question you have about

1:32.9

history.

1:33.9

Today's question is, what are legendary treasures that have not yet been found, but are commonly

1:39.4

thought to exist?

1:41.0

There are a lot of things that we could pick and choose from for here.

1:44.6

One is the Sword of Mars, which was supposedly buried with the till of the Hun after his

1:49.3

death.

1:50.3

When he died, as legend goes, followers redirected a river, buried him in the sword in a burial

1:56.2

mound, then redirected the river back to its original course over the top.

2:00.4

That's what accounts say that are often always full of embellishment, and the course of

2:06.3

rivers change over time anyway, so even if this feat were accomplished, the course would

2:11.2

have probably moved on beyond his burial site.

2:14.0

It could have been washed away with the river, or he could have been uncovered, but the

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