Plentiful antiques found at ancient shipwreck

(Xinhua/hinews.cn)
Updated: 2007-05-09 10:24

Antique plates and pots are seen at a news conference on May 8 in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province after they were recovered at the underwater wreck of a South Song Dynasty ship (1127-1279 AD)which sank at the Xisha water area of the South China Sea. Archeologists have found more than 10,000 valuable antique pieces at the site as excavation went on. [Xinhua]


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