An important step has been made in the recovery of thousands of relics from a famous Song dynasty ship Nanhai One, which sunk in the South China Sea about 800 years ago.

The country's biggest and best-preserved sunken ship, the Nanhai One, is scheduled to be lifted out of the sea on Saturday. CHINA / Video (cctv.com) Updated: 2007-12-22 10:32 ...

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The "Nanhai One," or "South China Sea One" captured the nation's imagination when it was raised from the depths of the sea in December of 2007. One spectacular highlight was that the ship was ...

The ship was dubbed the "Nanhai No.1" (South China Sea No.1). Due to his simple equipment, he only reached one part of the ship and retrieved a piece of porcelain from it.

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A massive collection of porcelain is seen in the wrecked ship Nanhai One at a museum in Hailing, South China's Guangdong province, Jan 29, 2015.

The Maritime Silk Road Museum of Guangdong in Yangjiang, South China's Guangdong Province Photo: IC . Cultural relics recovered from the Nanhai One wreckage Photo: Chen Xi/GT . Cultural relics ...

An 800-year-old merchant ship was raised from the bottom of the South China Sea on Saturday, loaded with artefacts that might confirm the existence of an ancient maritime trade route linking China ...

A merchant ship was raised from the bottom of the South China Sea, loaded with artefacts that might confirm the existence of an ancient maritime trade route linking China and the West.