Artifacts Discovered!
JULY, 03, 2013
Manila, Philippines – Divers from the National Museum and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have discovered a ship loaded with artifacts that sank during the Spanish period off Culasi Point in Roxas City.
Lieutenant Commander Algier Ricafrente, PCG Public Affairs chief, said that National Museum research divers Bobby Orillaneda and Ligaya Lacsina and French divers from the Far Eastern Foundation for Nautical Archeology sought the assistance of the PCG in the ongoing search of the site where the Spanish vessel sank.
Ricafrente noted that divers from the National Museum and Coast Guard Special Operations Group (CGSOG) went to the area 110 feet below sea level and conducted an underwater archeological survey that included photo documentation and sample retrieval of materials.
“The team was able to locate and pinpoint the sunken vessel which is currently lying on a seabed at 110 feet below sea level and it was largely covered with sand and broken pieces of artifacts scattered in the area,“ Ricafrente said. (John Carlo M. Cahinhinan)
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Drainage canal yields priceless artifacts
By Nestor P. Burgos Jr.
Inquirer Visayas
11:58 pm | Friday, July 20th, 2012 1 1167 231
MANY of the artifacts were broken by the jackhammer used by workers in digging a 60-meter-long canal for a drainage project along Arroyo Street, Iloilo City. GUIJO DUEÑAS
Workers digging a drainage canal in Iloilo City’s business district have found artifacts which historians believe may offer fresh insights into the locality’s rich heritage.
Among the treasures is a small porcelain bowl with a blue-and-white design, which may date back to the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), according to Armand Mijares, director of the Archaeological Studies Program (ASP) of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, Quezon City.
Some 30 pieces of coins, porcelain ware, bottles, jugs, wooden
Manila, Philippines – Divers from the National Museum and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have discovered a ship loaded with artifacts that sank during the Spanish period off Culasi Point in Roxas City.
Lieutenant Commander Algier Ricafrente, PCG Public Affairs chief, said that National Museum research divers Bobby Orillaneda and Ligaya Lacsina and French divers from the Far Eastern Foundation for Nautical Archeology sought the assistance of the PCG in the ongoing search of the site where the Spanish vessel sank.
Ricafrente noted that divers from the National Museum and Coast Guard Special Operations Group (CGSOG) went to the area 110 feet below sea level and conducted an underwater archeological survey that included photo documentation and sample retrieval of materials.
“The team was able to locate and pinpoint the sunken vessel which is currently lying on a seabed at 110 feet below sea level and it was largely covered with sand and broken pieces of artifacts scattered in the area,“ Ricafrente said. (John Carlo M. Cahinhinan)
Read the original post http://www.tempo.com.ph/2012/03/spanish-ship-with-artifacts-found/
Drainage canal yields priceless artifacts
By Nestor P. Burgos Jr.
Inquirer Visayas
11:58 pm | Friday, July 20th, 2012 1 1167 231
MANY of the artifacts were broken by the jackhammer used by workers in digging a 60-meter-long canal for a drainage project along Arroyo Street, Iloilo City. GUIJO DUEÑAS
Workers digging a drainage canal in Iloilo City’s business district have found artifacts which historians believe may offer fresh insights into the locality’s rich heritage.
Among the treasures is a small porcelain bowl with a blue-and-white design, which may date back to the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), according to Armand Mijares, director of the Archaeological Studies Program (ASP) of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, Quezon City.
Some 30 pieces of coins, porcelain ware, bottles, jugs, wooden