On June 21st, China announced that a 3-5 year plan for excavating and studying the remains of a shipwrecked merchant vessel dating to the Song Dynasty shall commence shortly.
The vessel, known as Nanhai No. 1 was a merchant trading vessel that sank off the coast of Guangdong Province.
In 2007, it was successfully pulled from the [...]
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800 Year Old Merchant Wreck to be “Excavated”
Posted in Archaeology, Chinese Archaeology, News Articles of Interest, cultural heritage, tagged Excavation, Guangdong, Law, Marine, Museum, Silk Road, Underwater Archaeology on 22/06/2009 | 1 Comment »
