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2,000 ancient vessels likely under S.China Sea

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Chinanews, Beijing, June 14 – At a press conference held last Saturday, the Institute of Archeology of Guangdong Province disclosed alarming news: there might be some other ancient sunken vessels² lying at the bottom of the South China Sea, where the Nanhai No.2 was discovered. The China Underwater Archeological Center issued a report to say that there might be some 2,000 ancient sunken vessels in the South China Sea area, the People's Daily reported.

On June 9, a news briefing was held for the Nanhai No.2. At the briefing, officers with the local border police station in Nan'ao played a video to the public showing policemen confiscating³ antiques taken away by local fishermen in Sandianjin. Altogether policemen found 138 pieces of ancient porcelain⁴.

“The confiscated⁵ antiques are not all made in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644),” said Shang Jie, an archeological expert at the Institute of Archeology of Guangdong Province. In the video, he saw a piece of brown porcelain painted with dragon patterns.

“Its color and the patterns show that it was made in a different time from those that were made in the Ming Dynasty. This porcelain might be made in the Song (960-1279) or Yuan (1279-1368) Dynasty,” Shang said.

When the Nanhai No.2 was salvaged⁶, archeologists found some porcelain shreds⁷ marked with 'made in Ming Dynasty'. From these marks, archeologists presume that the sunken vessel¹ was made in the Wanli Reign⁸ Year of the Ming Dynasty, or about 400 years ago.

Other experts also agreed with Shang Jin.

Wei Jun, a Ph.D holder⁹ who works at the Institute of Archeology of Guangdong Province, said that plenty of blue-and-white porcelain had been found on the Nanhai No.2. However, among these porcelains¹⁰, experts had also found some made in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. There must be a reason to explain why the porcelains made in Song and Yuan Dynasty were placed side by side with those made in the Ming Dynasty. If all these porcelains were found in the same place, then it might be possible that there were some other sunken vessels in the same area and these vessels were built at an even earlier time, he said.

An expert said that they had obtained some reliable resource which showed that a vessel made in the Qing Dynasty was buried in the Nan'ao coastal¹¹ area.

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1 vessel
n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管
参考例句：
The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。 You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

2 vessels
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人
参考例句：
The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。来自《简明英汉词典》 All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 confiscating
没收（confiscate的现在分词形式）
参考例句：
There was Mame by my side confiscating my intellects and attention. 有玛米坐在我身边，害得我心不在焉。 Intimidate book sellers by confiscating books deemed unfavourable to the Barisan government. 充公被视为对国阵不利的书籍，威胁书商。

4 porcelain
n.瓷；adj.瓷的，瓷制的
参考例句：
These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。 The porcelain vase is enveloped in cotton.瓷花瓶用棉花裹着。

5 confiscated
没收，充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。 The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。

6 salvaged
（从火灾、海难等中）抢救（某物）( salvage的过去式和过去分词 )；回收利用（某物）
参考例句：
The investigators studied flight recorders salvaged from the wreckage. 调查者研究了从飞机残骸中找到的黑匣子。 The team's first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged. 该队的首要任务是决定可以抢救哪些设备。

7 shreds
v.撕碎，切碎( shred的第三人称单数 )；用撕毁机撕毁（文件）
参考例句：
Peel the carrots and cut them into shreds. 将胡罗卜削皮，切成丝。来自《简明英汉词典》 I want to take this diary and rip it into shreds. 我真想一赌气扯了这日记。来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

8 reign
n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势
参考例句：
The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。 The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

9 holder
n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物
参考例句：
The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。 That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

10 porcelains
n.瓷，瓷器( porcelain的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Objective: To study the stress tooth preparation with two kinds of porcelains. 〔摘要〕目的：研究瓷贴面复合体应力分布规律。来自互联网 Objective To study the distribution of the chromatic value of gingival porcelains. 目的了解临床常用牙龈瓷的颜色参数。来自互联网

11 coastal
adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的
参考例句：
The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。 This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

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