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Catherine the Great’s Treasure Is Lying at the Bottom of the Ocean

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The Vrouw Maria sank in the Baltic Sea in 1771, with masterpieces destined for the walls of Catherine the Great’s Winter Palace on board. A tiny kernel of salvaging hope remains.

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