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 [...]
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800 Year Old Merchant Wreck to be “Excavated”
Posted in Archaeology, Chinese Archaeology, cultural heritage, News Articles of Interest, tagged Excavation, Guangdong, Law, Marine, Museum, Silk Road, Underwater Archaeology on 22/06/2009 | 1 Comment »
Glimpses from the Underwater Museum at the Three Gorges Dam
Posted in China, cultural heritage, News Articles of Interest, tagged China, Chingqing, Museum, Pictures, Three Gorges, Underwater on 02/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
On May 18, 2009, officials marked the completion of China’s first underwater museum, built in the Three Gorges Dam area in Chongqing, China. Here are some of the photos taken from the article: The museum is called Baiheliang Underwater Museum. Baiheliang means, in Chinese, “White Crane Ridge,” which is the name of a stone ridge [...]
