19th century ship salvaged from the Red River
Vietnamese archaeologists have recovered what is believed to be a 19th century trading vessel from the Red (Hong) River. Among ...
Tag: underwater cultural heritage
Posts related to underwater archaeology, shipwrecks and other forms of underwater cultural heritage.
See also: 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage
Ming shipwreck to be salvaged later this year
A 400-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Guangdong province in China, though to date to the Ming Dynasty, will be ...
Partners sought to salvage Cambodian shipwreck
A 15th-century Cambodian shipwreck sunk off the coast of Koh Kong province in Cambodia is in danger of looting. The ...
Philippine National Museum reiterates that underwater archaeology project is environmentally-harmless
The Philippine National Museum, in conjunction with an underwater archaeology foundation surveying for shipwrecks in Philippine waters, reiterated that the ...
Pirates plunder ancient underwater artefacts
With all the buzz happening over the new UNESCO sites inscribed last week, this rather alarming story slipped by quietly. ...
Wednesday Rojak #30
Another bumper edition of Wednesday Rojak - well, because I've been missing the previous week again. But this week is ...
Shipwreck artefacts get new life as jewelery
Not everything that is recovered from a shipwreck gets to become a museum piece. A Malaysian company has found a ...
Public lecture: The Cargo of the East Indiaman Götheborg Shipwreck
For anyone interested in underwater archaeology and the Southeast Asian ceramics trade, you might be interested in this talk at ...
Underwater archaeology in Thailand
Warang Petch writes in this feature for the Museum of Underwater Archaeology about students learning techniques to conduct archaeology underwater ...
Jakarta's Maritime Museum reopens after flooding
Jakarta's Maritime Museum is set to reopen today after high tides in November forced the museum to close. Maritime Museum ...
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