The Amber Room
Bolor-Erdene Tseren
WRI 1200
10/14/2012
The Amber Room Three hundred years ago, there was a great treasure, which was built by human hands. It is called the Amber Room. Art experts from Germany said it should be the 8th wonder of world due to its beauty. History, when recorded, is evidence that shows that the past actually happened. However, the Amber Room did not have the fate to stay in a physical form and became one of the interesting mysteries of the century. Many researchers are interested to discover the mystery of the Amber Room, however the mystery is still under the veil of mystery. It is because of “misplacing” due to World War II. It has a huge contribution to the interesting mystery. Although, the turmoil of World War II caused the beauty to be hidden, there also are other contributions to the mystery. Amber is a valuable element that is the solidified sap of evergreen trees. Amber comes from tree resin that was fossilized. Mostly, it always has some kind of ancient insects trapped in the fossilized sap that is preserved in good condition. Therefore, amber comes from more than 50 million years ago. Amber is very easily melted in fire; once it is heated it melts like honey, turning into a thick liquid. The story of the Amber Room begins in the year of 1701. The first piece of the Amber Room was the altar. The order to build the Amber Altar was given by Kurfürst of Brandenburg (Berlin in modern day) in Eastern Prussia (Poland in modern day). The Prussian King, Friedrich I, received the Amber Room as a gift for his marriage. King Friedrich I got the idea of building the Amber Room from the Amber Altar. The Amber Room was mainly built in Konigsberg by Danish Amber master Gottfried Wolffram. In the year of 1707, after most of the parts of the Amber walls were completed, the project was transferred to Amber master Ernst Schacht and Gottfried Turow from Danzig, Austria. They installed the walls on Berlin City Castle in 1712. In the same year, Zar I,
WRI 1200
10/14/2012
The Amber Room Three hundred years ago, there was a great treasure, which was built by human hands. It is called the Amber Room. Art experts from Germany said it should be the 8th wonder of world due to its beauty. History, when recorded, is evidence that shows that the past actually happened. However, the Amber Room did not have the fate to stay in a physical form and became one of the interesting mysteries of the century. Many researchers are interested to discover the mystery of the Amber Room, however the mystery is still under the veil of mystery. It is because of “misplacing” due to World War II. It has a huge contribution to the interesting mystery. Although, the turmoil of World War II caused the beauty to be hidden, there also are other contributions to the mystery. Amber is a valuable element that is the solidified sap of evergreen trees. Amber comes from tree resin that was fossilized. Mostly, it always has some kind of ancient insects trapped in the fossilized sap that is preserved in good condition. Therefore, amber comes from more than 50 million years ago. Amber is very easily melted in fire; once it is heated it melts like honey, turning into a thick liquid. The story of the Amber Room begins in the year of 1701. The first piece of the Amber Room was the altar. The order to build the Amber Altar was given by Kurfürst of Brandenburg (Berlin in modern day) in Eastern Prussia (Poland in modern day). The Prussian King, Friedrich I, received the Amber Room as a gift for his marriage. King Friedrich I got the idea of building the Amber Room from the Amber Altar. The Amber Room was mainly built in Konigsberg by Danish Amber master Gottfried Wolffram. In the year of 1707, after most of the parts of the Amber walls were completed, the project was transferred to Amber master Ernst Schacht and Gottfried Turow from Danzig, Austria. They installed the walls on Berlin City Castle in 1712. In the same year, Zar I,
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