Precious antiques made of pure gold worth up to millions of dollars have been found in the past 5 years along the Musi River, Sumatra Island, Indonesia.
Precious antiques made of pure gold worth up to millions of dollars have been found in the past 5 years along the Musi River, Sumatra Island, Indonesia (Photo: Daily Mail).
Continuously finding precious artifacts makes archaeologists believe that this is the area where the legendary Srivijaya empire once existed. Srivijaya is a kingdom mentioned in Indonesian legends, people often call this kingdom “Golden Island”, legend says that this is an ancient civilization that once achieved great wealth. , remarkable prosperity.
Until now, people have always tried to find traces of the Srivijaya kingdom because Srivijaya disappeared suddenly and inexplicably around the 14th century.
Recently, a number of archaeological discoveries have given scientists hope that they have found traces that prove the existence of the Srivijaya empire.
The artifacts found were accidentally found by local divers while diving into the river to catch aquatic products. On the Musi River, near the city of Palembang, divers often unexpectedly find many ancient treasures, from Buddha statues dating from the 8th century with many precious stones, to jewelry. precious pure gold.
A Buddha statue dating from the 8th century was found by divers (Photo: Daily Mail).
British archaeologist Sean Kingsley is currently in Indonesia to participate in research activities. He shared with The Guardian: “In just the past 5 years, many valuable antiques have suddenly appeared. present, coins, pure gold jewelry, Buddha statues, precious stones…”.
Dr. Kingsley believes that the Srivijaya empire indeed existed mainly on rivers, the homes of people living under this empire were mainly boats moving on the river, this information has been recorded in some ancient texts. mention. When this civilization ended, all traces also mysteriously disappeared.
However, the fact that divers found precious pure gold jewelry, bronze Buddha statues, even gold, with precious stones, dating from the 8th century, makes archaeologists believe that these artifacts reflected the wealth of the ancient Srivijaya kingdom.
The reason why this kingdom disappeared is still a mystery. Professor Kingsley compared the disappearance of the Srivijaya empire to what happened to the ancient city of Pompeii (Italy), meaning that sudden and violent changes occurred.
Treasures found by fishermen are often quickly sold to people looking to buy antiques (Photo: Daily Mail).
However, the difficulty that archaeologists are facing today is that they lack the resources to conduct archaeological activities on a large scale, while treasures found by fishermen are often quickly sold. for those looking to buy antiques.
When the first clues appeared, helping to reveal the existence of an empire still mentioned in legends, archaeologists had a headache again, worrying that the story had not yet been told to everyone. world completely, the antiques found were sold and scattered everywhere.
The first clues have just appeared, helping to reveal the existence of the Srivijaya empire (Photo: Daily Mail).
