Police seize long lost Islamic treasures of the Java Sea
22 May 2006 (The Telegraph) -
Police seize long lost Islamic treasures of the Java Sea
Unique historical treasures worth tens of millions of pounds were yesterday gathering dust in store rooms in Jakarta after being impounded by police.
The 250,000 pieces of Chinese ceramics and Arabic and Persian glassware were recovered from a 1,000-year-old wreck in the Java Sea off Indonesia. Found with them were 13,000 Indian pearls, jewellery, about 1,000 rubies and sapphires and several gold pieces.
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Tags: ancient trade, ceramics, glassware, Indonesia archaeology, Islamic artefacts, Java sea shipwreck, jewelery, underwater archaeology
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