Pakistan’s Daily Times has the scoop on China’s newest museum;
China is building a giant underwater museum to preserve and
exhibit an ancient shipwreck. The museum, the first of its kind
in the world, is to contain a sunken ship more than 800 years
old and its treasures. Archaeologists say the ship is China’s
most exciting underwater excavation. Named the Southern Sea
Number One, it lies under 24 metres of water and two metres of
sand and soil. Archaeologists took more than 6,000 treasures
from one small room on the ship in 2002. The Guangdong
provincial government has now allocated £10 million to building
a five hall underwater museum to preserve the wreck. Expert’s
say, “Since the ship and its treasures have become accustomed to
being underwater, it’s better to keep them there.” Read More…
Interested in Underwater Museums? Take a look at Divester’s
post; “The World’s Coolest Underwater Museums“