Chinese archaeologists have found more than 180,000 relics from an ancient merchant ship from the Song Dynasty.
Found in 1987 and salvaged in 2007, the Nanhai (South China Sea) No. 1 is now preserved at the Maritime Silk Road Museum on Hailing Island of Yangjiang, south Chinas Guangdong Province. The salvage, excavation and protection of the Nanhai No. 1 form an epitome of the rapid development of Chinas underwater archaeology over the past 30 years.
南海一號被发现于1987年,之后于2007年被打捞出水,现保存于广东省阳江市海陵岛海上丝绸之路博物馆。南海一号的打捞、发掘和保护,是近30年来中国水下考古快速发展的缩影。