New images have been released of a ship sinking in the sea laden with tons of gold, silver and diamond jewels 300 years ago.
The historic San Jose ship sank in the deep sea 300 years ago, and the heartbeat of treasure hunters around the world is quick to hear its name.
According to experts, the ship was carrying at least 200 tons of gold, silver and precious stones. The ship sank in 1708 off the coast of the Colombian port city of Cartagena. The treasury is valued at several billion US dollars.
When the wreckage of the missing ship was discovered in 2015, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos called it the most valuable treasure ever found in human history.
Following a recent extensive diving expedition to a depth of 950 meters, the Colombian military has now released new images of the legendary ship and its treasures.
Cannons, porcelain, glass bottles and apparently gold coins can be seen in these pictures, according to Colombia's acting president Ivan Duke, these are the most accurate pictures of the ship so far.
Divers arrived at the wreck four times with high-tech equipment, and the mission included a remote-controlled diving robot.
Divers, meanwhile, were able to determine if the wreckage was still safe from human interference, but the depths of the famous shipwreck, along with spectacular images, revealed something more.
At a distance of a few hundred meters, the wreckage of two other ships also came in front of the camera.
The treasure, laden at San Jose, was collected from Spanish colonies in Latin America, and in 1708 it was sent to the court of King Philip V of Spain, but it never arrived.
On the night of June 7, the ship and its treasury were sunk by the British navy in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few of the 600 or more crew members surviving.
Colombia then set about rescuing the wreckage and finding the treasure, spending about 65 65 million on the mission.
