At the press conference held today by the Chinese Cultural Heritage Administration and the Hainan Provincial Government, information was given about China's deep-sea archaeological research.
In October last year, it was stated that the remains of two ancient ships were discovered at a depth of 1500 meters near the continental slopes in the northwest of the South China Sea. It was announced that the first search and video recording works for sunken ships were started yesterday. During the research, it was reported that more than 1 thousand pieces of artifacts, mostly porcelain items, scattered over an area of 10 thousand square meters, were found in the shipwreck number 100. It has been recorded that the historical artifacts belong to the period 1506-1521 of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, it was stated that the number 2 wreck belonged to a ship carrying goods imported to China during the 1488-1505 period of the Ming Dynasty.
It was informed that archaeological researches will be carried out for a year for sunken ships and necessary plans will be prepared for the preservation of the remains.