13th century Shipwreck recovered from the South China Sea
A 13th century shipwreck laden with Song Dynasty porcelain was recovered from the depths of the South China Sea last ...
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
In Search of the World's Most Ancient Mariners
Michael Balter reviews the latest scientific opinions about the nature of early human seafaring, covering when the earliest boats were ...
Could smuggled antiquities be on sale on eBay?
Could Philippine antiquities by sold off illegally on eBay? Very recently, the Greco Shipwreck Artifact Auction was a 2,500 lot ...
19th-century shipwreck yields Chinese ceramics
Finds from a 19th century shipwreck were recovered off the coast of Ha Tinh province. The finds were mainly Chinese ...
Whose treasure is it anyway?
Transpose this situation to the Southeast Asian context: could Portugal lay claim to the, say, Flor del Mar, a 16th-century ...
Interview with an underwater archaeologist
It looks like it's another artifact sale in Malaysia, from remnants of shipwrecks in Malaysian waters. These artefacts are left ...
Ceramics expert to give lecture in South-East Asian Ceramics Society meeting
Noted ceramics expert Dr. Roxanna Brown from the South-East Asian Ceramics Museum in Bangkok will give a lecture about Shipwreck ...
Missing the boat on shipwreck treasures
Lucien de Guise, curator of the Malaysian Museum of Islamic Arts, writes a column about the sale of shipwreck treasures ...
The Belitung Shipwreck
Earlier this month, I was able to catch a lecture about the shipwreck laden with Tang Dynasty treasures that sunk ...
Foundations for Brunei Maritime Museum laid
20 June 2007 (The Brunei Times, Borneo Bulletin) - There's a new maritime archaeology museum opening in Brunei in June ...
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