
![]() |
| The photo taken on Jan. 28, 2015 shows porcelain artifacts of the Southern Song Dynasty on Nanhai No.1. (Photo/Xinhua) |
After seven years' excavation, more than 60,000 porcelain artifacts of the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) have been discovered on Nanhai No.1 ship in Guangdong.
Of the sunken ships discovered in China, Nanhai No.1, a wooden merchant ship of Southern Song Dynasty, is the earliest, largest and best reserved merchant ship for ocean trade, and the only sunken ship which witnessed the Maritime Silk Road in Ancient China. Lying under the sea for over 800 years, the ship was found in 1987 and raised from seabed in 2007.
The "Nanhai No.1" is now exhibited in the Crystal Palace of Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum.
PLA soldiers operating vehicle-mounted guns in drill
Beauties dancing on the rings
Blind carpenter in E China's Jiangxi
Top 10 highest-paid sports teams in the world
In photos: China's WZ-10 armed helicopters
UFO spotted in several places in China
Certificates of land title of Qing Dynasty and Republic of China
Cute young Taoist priest in Beijing
New film brings Doraemon's life story to China in 3D
China-S.Korea FTA sets positive precedent
Ferry carrying 458 people sinks in Yangtze River
Mecca of Marxism
Bring them homeDay|Week