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Finds include earliest intact ceramics w/ cobalt blue and Chinese silver for overseas trade. Central European mines later supplied both minerals to world trade in the EM period. For more on the controversial excavation and its afterlives see Melani Pearson's book: uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/belitu...
Belitung: The Afterlives of a Shipwreck
In 1998, the Belitung, a ninth-century western Indian Ocean–style vessel, was discovered in Indonesian waters. Onboard was a full cargo load, likely intended for the Middle Eastern market, of over …
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September 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Finds include earliest intact ceramics w/ cobalt blue and Chinese silver for overseas trade. Central European mines later supplied both minerals to world trade in the EM period. For more on the controversial excavation and its afterlives see Melani Pearson's book: uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/belitu...
A highlight from Singapore was seeing incredible objects from the 9th century Tang shipwreck, an Arabian ship that sank in the Java Sea en route from China, at the Asian Civilizations museum
September 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A highlight from Singapore was seeing incredible objects from the 9th century Tang shipwreck, an Arabian ship that sank in the Java Sea en route from China, at the Asian Civilizations museum
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Uppsala’s Viking-era runestones were hard to miss - an unusual stone ordered by an 11th c woman commemorating the bridge she erected for her daughter caught @eclaaire.bsky.social's eye 🌉 bit.ly/Uppland
August 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Uppsala’s Viking-era runestones were hard to miss - an unusual stone ordered by an 11th c woman commemorating the bridge she erected for her daughter caught @eclaaire.bsky.social's eye 🌉 bit.ly/Uppland