Shipwreck a controversy magnet - now an exhibition at Aga Khan Museum
The Lost Dhow Only showing in North America. Dhow’d that happen? By Stephen Weir - article in March issue of Diver Magazine Canada’s newest gallery, the Aga Khan Museum , has just opened a major exhibition about one of the world’s oldest and most controversial underwater archaeological finds – the 1,200 year-old Belitung Shipwreck. The exhibition about the ship, The Lost Dhow; A discovery from the Maritime Silk Route , had its North American launch in Toronto in early December instead of a planned debut at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. Pottery lie on the deck of the wreck of the Dhow. photo - Tilman W alterfang In 1998, the shallow waters off Belitung Island in the western Java Seas yielded what has proven to be the earliest marine archaeological discovery of the century – a wooden ship filled with gold, silver and bronze objects and a staggering 57,500 Chinese ceramic artifacts. The 15-metre long wooden trading vessel has...