Around Asia, Wreck Diving → 15th Century Thai Pottery Found in Ancient Vietnamese Wrecks
June 10th, 2009 by Aquanauts
Southeast Asia’s oceans are full of ancient wrecks, many of which contained beutiful and rare pottery. Technical divers around Thailand, with the folks at the MV Trident in Koh Tao at the forefront, have found and explored many of these wrecks. But in Vietnam, underwater archeology is still in its infancy.
In a post today on the ArcheologyWorld blog, Nguyen Dinh Chien, chief curator of the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi, looks back at the first three major wreck finds, including one containing a treasure trove of 15th century Thai pottery.
