Tech breakthroughs enable China’s maritime archaeology to go deeper

via CGTN, 09 June 2023: Chinese researchers found two historical shipwrecks with porcelain and timber in the South China Sea, discovered through advancements in deep-sea technology and archaeological excavation methods.

Piles of porcelain crockery with bright glazes, stacked timber logs, these are what Chinese researchers found in two shipwrecks lying some 1,500 meters underwater in the northwest continental slope of the South China Sea.

The two heavily-laden ships, which experts say are of high historical, scientific and artistic value, would have remained unknown without the development of deep-sea technological equipment.

Armed by a series of new technology and gears, the discovery “has taken an important step in the research and development of underwater archaeological excavation” according to Tang Wei, director of the archaeological research center of the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA).

Source: Tech breakthroughs enable China’s maritime archaeology to go deeper – CGTN