Xinhua Headlines: China conducts challenging deep-sea exploration of Ming Dynasty shipwrecks

Xinhua Headlines: China conducts challenging deep-sea exploration of Ming Dynasty shipwrecks

(230611) -- ABOARD TAN SUO YI HAO, June 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The crewed submersible Shenhai Yongshi (Deep Sea Warrior) resurfaces after completing a day's underwater investigation in the South China Sea, May 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-ANCIENT SHIPWRECK-ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION (CN)

CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-ANCIENT SHIPWRECK-ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION (CN)

(230531) -- HAIKOU, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The crewed submersible Shenhai Yongshi (Deep Sea Warrior) resurfaces after completing a day's underwater investigation in the South China Sea, May 27, 2023. An iron anchor and a box have been discovered near one of the two South China Sea ancient shipwrecks where a Chinese archaeological investigation is ongoing. Approved by the National Cultural Heritage Administration, a deep-sea archaeological team is conducting the first stage of investigations at the site of the No. 1 and No. 2 shipwrecks near the northwest continental slope of the South China Sea. The investigation will run from late May to early June this year. The iron anchor and the box were discovered in the southwestern direction of the No. 1 shipwreck site, with a distance of about 50 meters between them. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

Pyeongchang Olympics

Pyeongchang Olympics

Kenta Imamura from Patine Leisure Inc. of Japan resurfaces a rink at Gangneung Ice Arena, a Pyeongchang Winter Olympics venue, in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 2, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Pyeongchang Olympics

Pyeongchang Olympics

Kenta Imamura from Patine Leisure Inc. of Japan resurfaces a rink at Gangneung Ice Arena, a Pyeongchang Winter Olympics venue, in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 2, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo