How diamond miners discovered a 500-year-old Portuguese shipwreck in the Namib Desert
In August 2024, the Jasper House Museum in Oranjemund, Namibia, unveiled a new exhibition dedicated to the artifacts ...
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Lost at Sea, Found in the Sand: Unearthing a 500-Year-Old Shipwreck in Namibia
A Portuguese vessel lost in 1533 resurfaced in Namibia’s desert, offering a treasure trove of coins, ingots, and a glimpse ...
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500-Year-Old Shipwreck Discovered in Namibian Desert Yields Treasure Trove
In 2008, diamond miners in Namibia's desert uncovered the Bom Jesus, a Portuguese ship lost in 1533 enroute to India. The ...
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Shipwreck in the Forbidden Zone
Days later, battered and broken, the ship founders on a mysterious ... diamond-mining lease near the mouth of the Orange River on Namibia's southern coast. A company geologist working in mining ...
Shipwreck lost 500 years ago found in African desert with £10m treasure
Treasures believed to be worth around £10million were found within, including thousands of rare and valuable gold coins, as well as nearly 2,000 copper ingots.
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Baltic Fleet's ship pulls into Namibia’s Walvis Bay port
KALININGRAD, October 10. /TASS/. The Baltic Fleet's patrol ship Neustrashimy has entered the port of Walvis Bay in Namibia. The Baltic Fleet's patrol ship Neustrastrashimy has made a scheduled ...
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Ghost ship found after 132 years in the murky depths of 'Shipwreck Coast'
A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but came to a tragic end has been found more than 100 years after it sank, researchers announced this week. The vessel ...