Once coveted by Russian royalty, the jewel-encrusted Amber Room was looted from St. Petersburg's Catherine Palace in the Nazi plunder, before vanishing without a trace in WWII. A mystery as captivating as the amber itself, treasure hunters and historians have searched for the Amber Room for decades.
The recreation of the Amber Room, completed in 2003 at the Catherine Palace in St. Petersburg, restored the opulent room to its former glory, but where is the original?
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