Top 16 Hidden Treasures: Surprising Discoveries That Inspired Netflix Documentaries!

1. A rice farmer discovers a fabled artefact crafted entirely of gold

Location: Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture, Shikazoshima Island Year of discovery: 1784; Estimated value (basis value today): $6,010* A rice farmer on Shikanoshima Island in the Fukuoka Prefecture of Japan discovered this treasure, known as the King of Na Gold Seal, while tending to the fields in 1784. The seal has been officially recognised as a National Treasure of Japan and is composed of 95% pure gold.

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A legendary relic made of pure gold was discovered by a rice farmer. /acdn.list25.com The Han Emperor gave the Japanese envoy the seal, which was cast in China. It's unclear how the seal got into an irrigation canal centuries later. Huge, blocky stones that needed to be lifted by two individuals covered the seal. The Kuroda Clan, the local lords, found it and promptly retained it until they agreed to give it to the city of Fukuoka two centuries later.

2. Discovery of the First Tyrannosaur Embryos

Location: Montana's Alberta Year Found: 2021 Approximate Value: $2,000* Alberta, Montana, made this really Jurassic Park-like discovery a few years ago.Some of the largest dinosaurs in the kingdom were tyrannosaurus rex, with a maximum height of twenty feet and a top speed of seventeen miles per hour.

First Embryos of a Tyrannosaurus Found ©Bureau of Land Management/AP/Alan Titus Early in the 20th century, the first T. rex skeleton was discovered. In the same area, researchers found Tyrannosaurus embryos more than a century later. Scientists have a great opportunity to learn about the growth of newborn T. rex dinosaurs thanks to these fossilised baby dinosaurs. Since it is extremely uncommon to locate juvenile T. rex dinosaurs, scientists from all around the world were ecstatic to make this discovery.