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A royal ship carrying millions in sunken treasure has been found in a Scottish river after sinking 400 years ago.

Stunned builders stumbled upon a hidden £7.5million gold haul stashed inside the walls of a cellar – and admitted they were very tempted to keep it.

Britain walked away from a potential £5.5billion treasure recovery mission near Gibraltar rather than risk a confrontation with Spain over the territory.

Thieves snatched three porcelain works worth millions of euros in a night raid on a French museum.

A former deep-sea treasure hunter and research scientist jailed for refusing to disclose the location of 500 missing gold coins may soon be released, after a judge ended the charge, stating he "no longer is convinced that further incarceration is likely to coerce compliance."

As a second world war loomed, caretakers of a cathedral in Lithuania decided to hide its royal treasures.