From the Island Owner to the King

There are also ornaments on the head, chest and abdomen, which are engraved with the patterns of human heads and birds and beasts, as well as the daily necessities of ancient Indians, such as pots, cups, bowls, basins, masks, shrines, fishing and so on.

These devices are mostly made of gold foil and gold wire, with rich and colorful styles, superb skills and exquisite workmanship, and each piece is a very precious artwork.

Chen Rui put these gold devices into the pregnant Haizhu space and continued to search.

An hour later, Chen Rui found a pair of golden armor in the mud at the bottom of the lake. The golden armor was composed of three golden parts: the golden helmet, the golden armor, and the golden leggings. The most incredible thing for Chen Rui was that it was wrapped in the golden armor. A human skeleton.

In order to search for the treasures of the ancient Inca Empire in the Golden Lake, Chen Rui made a lot of effort. On the Internet, he checked a large number of documents and data records about the ancient Inca Empire, the Golden City and the Golden Lake in the local library.

At this time, the scene of a pair of golden armor wrapping a human skeleton in front of Chen Rui's eyes quickly reminded Chen Rui of the legendary "Golden Man" mentioned in the documents about the Golden Lake.

The so-called "golden man" is a "golden man" who wears a golden helmet, golden armor, and gold leggings.

The most worshipped of the Musca culture is water. The first goddess of the Musca people, Bachue, came out of the lake. The Chibcha people believe that there are gods living in the lake, and it is there that life begins and ends.

The "Golden Man" story still preserved by the ancient Indians.

Regarding the "Golden Man", there have always been legends and Indians' stories about the "Golden Man".

But at this time, Chen Rui saw a human skeleton wrapped in golden armor, which undoubtedly confirmed the authenticity of this legend.

Once it is announced, it will shake the world.

The golden armor will also become a rare treasure.

In fact, the surprise for Chen Rui is still to come.

After several months of searching at the bottom of the lake, Chen Rui found gold products, precious stones, jadeite, pottery, and stone tools of the ancient Inca Empire.

In particular, there are more than a thousand pieces of gold products, ranging from religious ceremonies, to ornaments on the head, chest and abdomen, to daily necessities, with a variety of styles, each of which is exquisite, exquisite workmanship, and simple and elegant and strong local and religious overtones.

Through the information related to the ancient Inca Empire, Chen Rui learned that the Indians of Guadavda were regarded as high-level craftsmen who made gold ware, and the craftsmen living on the shore of the "Golden Lake" were the leaders of the Musca Empire. By.

And the vicinity of Lake Guadaveda is rich in gold mines.

It's not hard to see why there are so many gold products.

There are several pieces of gold armor that are more valuable than those found before.

The golden boat, on a golden bamboo raft with a length of nearly 20 centimeters, stands 11 golden figures and golden toads with different postures, which are exquisite and exquisite in craftsmanship.

There is a gold ship in the Columbia Gold Museum, which is called the treasure of the town hall and a priceless treasure.

According to legend, the Indian chiefs painted gold powder all over their bodies and took all kinds of gold offerings to go to the holy Guadaveda Lake to worship the gods on this "gold boat".

This gives the golden ship even more intangible value, and it is called a rare treasure, and it is not an exaggeration to be a national treasure.

In addition, there is a portrait of an Inca god.

This is the only genuine gold piece of the Inca god in Colombia.

Invaluable.

A few days later, Chen Rui left the Golden Lake with a full harvest.

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Next, Chen Rui considered what to do with these treasures.

Of course, before that, we had to consider the pursuit of these treasures by countries such as Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina that were part of the territory of the Inca Empire from the 11th to the 16th century.

"Recourse" is also a problem that every treasure hunter and treasure hunt company has to face.

For example, the Spanish government and the government's recourse to the "Mercedes".

China's pursuit of Yuanmingyuan National Treasure and the sinking ship in the South China Sea.

The Egyptian government and government's recourse to ancient Egyptian artifacts.

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There are very few cases in which success can be traced.

In early 2009, Christie's auctioned the animal heads in the Yuanmingyuan in spite of China's opposition, which reflected the difficulty of recovering lost cultural relics from one aspect.

The reason why this happens. There are two reasons. One reason is that the recourse party can provide too little evidence to clearly prove its attribution.

On the other hand, the rules and principles of international law in many respects guarantee the interests of treasure holders.

For example, "the law of the location of the thing", "the principle of good faith acquisition", "the principle of statute of limitations", "the principle of eliminating the statute of limitations", "the principle of non-retroactivity of treaties", etc. international and national laws and principles all guarantee to the greatest extent the interests of treasure holders.

Through these two reasons, it is very difficult for Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and other countries to recover the treasures of the ancient Inca Empire from Chen Rui.

Because these countries cannot provide strong evidence that clearly proves their ownership.

Secondly, by eliminating the statute of limitations, holding the so-called "historically plundered" cultural relics can obtain the property ownership of these cultural relics or be exempted from the possible return or compensation obligations according to the local civil law.

For example, most of China's so-called "historically plundered" cultural relics have been in free circulation for more than a hundred years, which has long exceeded the time limit for exercising the right to claim.

There is also the principle of non-retroactivity of treaties, which sets a statute of limitations for the recovery of cultural relics.

Also in China, because of this principle, it means that China has given up recourse to the cultural relics that flowed out due to wars and smuggling before 1923 (China joined the 1995 Convention in 1997).

At the beginning of the 16th century, driven by the dream of gold, the Spanish colonists carried out a large-scale expedition, searched for gilded people everywhere, set off a frenzy of tomb robbery, and snatched countless gold, gems and emeralds.

Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, British and Germans have visited the Golden City and Golden Lake successively.

It can be said that the ancient Indians' gold products, pottery, stone tools and other works of art have been lost to the world just as Chinese works of art have been plundered by robbers.

Most works of art are beyond the recourse limitation of relevant laws and principles of various countries.

In addition, South American countries such as Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia lack strong evidence.

International and national laws and principles will protect Chen Rui's ownership of the treasure.