My contribution to this Vey Series Thread.
Posted on 08/09/2009 5:51:07 AM PDT by decimon
Over 1,100 years ago, an international crew of men set sail on a perilous journey. They are returning home from Tang Dynasty China with rare ceramics and gold, created by ninth-century Chinese craftsmen, desired by the rest of the world. For centuries, China has traded with the West over land, via the Silk Road. They traveled safely from the Middle East, all the way to China. But on their return voyage, they made a fateful decision. Here, off the coast of Indonesia, the reef-filled waters are so deadly that ancient sailors called the area the Treacherous Bay.
Tilman Walterfang was lured here in the late 1990s, in search of undersea treasure. An engineer by trade in his native Germany, Walterfang maintains a lifelong passion for ancient art. He comes to Indonesia on a quest for big discoveries. Local fishermen find a mound of ceramics on the seabed. Based on the designs, they appear to have been created between 600 and 900AD, in Tang China. Walterfang hires Mike Flecker, an Australian maritime archaeologist, to manage the excavation. The whole vessel was buried. It had 1,100 years of sediment accumulated on top of that.
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This sounds like a reprint of a National Geographic Magazine article I read at the doctor’s office recently. I don’t recall the publication date but it was well illustrated.
My contribution to this Vey Series Thread.
Lol, don’t understand the video, but still funny!
A magical substance lost for centuries that could make ordinary water taste like orange juice.
At last the secret is revealed!
Although it just makes it taste kinda like OJ.
Something like the same principle applies to Tang: (makes a face), well it's better than no O.J. at all, sir.
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