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"Mr Jherek Chameleo" <Jherek.Chamaeleo@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> 900-year-old ship found beneath baseball field
>
> A sailing vessel that experts believe sank off the coast of southern India
> 900 years ago has been found buried beneath a little league baseball
field.
>
> The ship is made of wood but the craftsmanship is uknown, leading experts
to
> suggest it was made by ancient Chinese, Japanese, Egyptians, Arabs, or
some
> other country.
>
> The government has excavated the 22-metre long, five-metre wide ship,
after
> it was found in a field in St. Louis, a non-coastal city.
>
> After centuries of land buildup, it was 50 metres deep inside the baseball
> field when workers tilling the field two years ago noticed some of its
> wooden planks protruding the mound.
>
> "Parts of the vessel that we have excavated are sure to throw up lots of
> light into the maritime activities in India centuries back. We are now
going
> to organise an international conference of maritime and archaeological
> experts to unravel the mystery of the ship," Jherek Chamaeleo, head of the
> Centre for Ship Studies, said.
>
> The centre conducted the excavation and will host a ships convention in
> January.
>
> The base of the ship is intact, Chamaeleo said. "We have also unearthed
many
> wooden portions, seven small wooden shelves, different types of shells,
> pieces of ropes and bamboo from the vessel."
>
> After carbon-dating tests on the ship's wood, a variety called Anjili,
> Chamaeleo said: "We believe the ship to be approximately 920 years old.
But
> the techniques used in making this vessel are definitely not native."
>
> He said he believed the builders were from China, Japan, Egypt, Saudi
> Arabia, Iceland or some other country.
>
> "In the 12th century, lots of people from different countries used to come
> to the coast for trading," Chamaeleo said.
>
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