The ship and its cargo, now referred to as the Belitung wreck, were like a time capsule of proof that Tang China, like China today, mass-produced trade goods and exported them by sea. Working in ...

Items from the Belitung shipwreck can be seen at Asia Society Museum's 'Secrets of the Sea: A Tang Shipwreck and Early Trade in Asia' exhibition. (Michael Flecker) Nearly 75 years after its unlikely ...

The ship was discovered off the coast of Indonesia ... Sackler Gallery canceled the controversial exhibit “Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds” after consulting with an international ...

NEW YORK, May 23, 2017 — Scholar and curator John Guy explores the unique insights that the Belitung shipwreck can bring to our understanding of historical trade and exchange. Held in conjunction with ...

A gold cup salvaged from the shipwreck is one of the most important examples of Tang gold ware discovered overseas. [Photo/ www.news.cn] An exhibition of Tang treasures from a 1,200-year-old ...

The vessel, believed to have originated in the Middle East, was packed with about 60,000 9th-century objects from China's Tang Dynasty. "This shipwreck is one of the most significant shipwrecks to ...

what is now known as the Tang Shipwreck was found off Belitung Island, east of Sumatra, in 1998. The ship, which had been bound for the Middle East when it sank/went missing, stands as a hallmark ...

Artifacts rechieved from a shipwreck dating back to the Tang Dynastry sailing between Chna and the Arab world are on display at Shanghai Museum. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The Tang ...