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‘Holy Grail’ shipwreck worth $17B could be recovered soon — but it’s a ‘huge challenge’
video It’s a “titanic” treasure trove. A veritable “Holy Grail” shipwreck said to be worth billions could be exhumed from the depths of Colombia as early as next month, sparking a veritable gold rush in archeological circles, experts say. “There has been this persistent view of the galleon as a treasure trove,” lhena Caicedo, director of the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History, told the Guardian. For the uninitiated, the San José galleon was the pride of Spain’s treasure fleet which was sunk off Baru Island, Cartagena in 1708 during the war of Spanish Succession, whereupon it lay ... (full story)