Record-Breaking Porcelain Collection Found in Singapore’s First Ancient Shipwreck

A shipwreck beneath Singapore’s waters is reshaping what is known about Yuan-era trade. A maritime dig in Singapore’s waters has revealed the Temasek Wreck, a discovery that is both unprecedented locally and important worldwide for Yuan dynasty ceramics. Excavations carried out between 2016 and 2019 recovered about 3.5 tons (approximately 7,700 pounds) of ceramic fragments, [...]

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