Displaying more than 1,000 artifacts from the seabed at Vung Tau Festival

The number of artifacts salvaged from 10 shipwrecks, introduced by Ba Ria - Vung Tau Department of Culture and Information and the Vietnam History Museum under the theme " Antiquities from Vietnam seabed ". According to scientists, this is a living proof of historical, cultural and economic events of the ages.

Experts evaluate antiques from Hon Cau ancient ship.( Photos from the exhibition )

According to scientists, the collection of antiques is also the art of creating and manipulating human beings for many centuries.

In particular, there are antiques from Hon Cau ancient ship (coordinates X), ancient artifacts excavated at Hon Ba sea (Vung Tau), ceramic porcelain set of Ung Chinh, Nha Thanh, China, and Hon ancient ship collection. Chau, Hon Dam, Ca Mau, Binh Thuan . From ancient artifacts, a part of the Vietnamese nation's past is present, vividly demonstrating the level of culture, technique and fine arts in career and lifestyle. age.

Collection of marine antiques has a number of tens of thousands of artifacts, diverse types, produced from Vietnam, China, Thailand . showing the position of Vietnam and Ba Ria maritime industry - Vung Tau on the way of international maritime exchanges before the nineteenth century.

Artifacts from Cu Lao Cham ancient train, 15th century. Photo: DV

The story of excavation of ancient ships in Vietnamese waters is very interesting. For example, in early 1997, a scuba diving fisherman found a sinking ship 4 miles from Bai Dau beach to the west of Bai Dau, Vung Tau. The divers brought about 105 artifacts, such as ceramics, crystal, glass and bronze. The collection of white porcelain enamel is mostly raw, on the outside of the plate, there are some plates marked De Ploe - Paris sink, under the glaze, which is likely to be the place of production, on some porcelain bowls with the letter of E. Bierermann & Co - Saigon , allowing the identification of goods on board ordered by the company in Saigon around the middle of the nineteenth century.

In particular, Cu Lao Cham ancient ship collection is taken from the most extensive and scientific excavation in history with many advanced equipment. Many scientists at home and abroad participated in the funding of up to 6 million USD and officially excavated in the period 1997-2000 in Hoi An, Quang Nam.

On this ancient ship, the museum currently holds a total of 240,000 artifacts such as Chu Dau ceramic kiln products, Hai Duong; the belongings of the crew by ceramics, terracotta . and many coins dating from Khai Nguyen (Duong), Hong Vu (Minh). For the first time, in underwater archaeological excavations, the remains of the crew were also discovered, including 11 people, including 1 woman over 20 years old, Thai ethnicity .

Ancient art exhibition lasts until April 16, at Thanh Nien Cultural House, Vung Tau City.

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