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Cultural relics from shipwreck in Xisha Islands displayed in Beijing (4/4)

2013-08-23 09:18 Xinhua Web Editor:Wang YuXia
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Visitors view pieces of antique pottery and porcelain recovered from a shipwreck in the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea at the Capital Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 22, 2013. An exhibition featuring some 280 findings from the shipwreck on Huaguang Reef No.1 opened Thursday at the museum. The wreck, dating back to the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), was stumbled upon by a group of Chinese fishermen in 1996, three meters below sea water. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

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