This is the MILLIONAIRE TREASURE from the 18th century discovered in a sunken ship in the Caribbean of Mexico

gold jewelry, emeralds and diamonds that were found on an 18th century Spanish ship in the Caribbean of Mexico He is nicknamed the “Alacranes Treasure”.

He sunken ship It was found in 2018, and six years later the details of its million-dollar content are just coming to light.

Specialists in Mexico, Spain and Colombia study the “Alacranes Treasure” which is currently on display.

“We call it the 'Alacranes Treasure'and is made up of 420 pieces that are part of an interdisciplinary investigation, he explained to EFE Helena Barba, head of the Yucatan Peninsula Office of the Subdirectorate of Underwater Archeology (SAS) of the Center INAH Logwood.

“The work of archaeologistsscholars of the jeweler's, gemsmetals and engineers,” he added.

He millionaire treasure was found in the Alacranes Reef of Yucatanstate in the southeast of Mexico.

“In the last 20 years we have found 39 shipwrecks in the Alacranes Reefwhich is a navigation trap and we still have a long way to go, because we have barely 5% of exploration on that site,” Barba highlighted.

The latest investigations managed to reveal that it is a 18th century navewhich according to the hypothesis was a ship that connected to Spain with the viceroyalty of Peru.

Furthermore, they highlighted that the discovery of the “Alacranes Treasure” is barely 1% of the total cargo, which is on the reef full of fire corals, which will remain that way for the rest of their material life.

“It's literally a treasurebut not only for him gold, emeralds and diamondsbut because it talks about the daily life of commerce and 18th century naval routessomething difficult to find in a shipwreck,” he added to the agency EFE.

He INAH established that the gold is 24 carats and can come from Colombia, Venezuela, Panama or Oaxaca, while the diamonds They are possibly from Brazil.

The collection is exhibited in the El Fuerte Underwater Archeology Museum of San Jose El Altoin Campecheand includes rings, medals, lockets, rosaries, buttons, shoe buckles, cufflinks and 15 gold, emerald and diamond toothpicks.

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