Artifacts From Two Ancient Shipwrecks Shed Light on Legacy of Maritime Silk Trade Route During Ming Dynasty Many individuals have a unique opportunity to see the legacy of the famous Maritime Silk ...

The twin wrecks, which date to the Ming dynasty (1368 to 1644), sit less than a mile (1.5 kilometers) off the coast of Sanya, a city on China's Hainan Island. The sites are about 14 miles (22 km ...

The 400-year-old stone-shelled grenades unearthed near the Badaling Great Wall are similar to these "thunder crash bombs" made from pottery shell, which were found in a Ming dynasty shipwreck.

Lifeng Tan, Jiayin Zhou, Yukun Zhang, Jiayi Liu, Hongwei Liu, Correlation between the Construction of Zhejiang Coastal Military Settlements in the Ming Dynasty and the Natural Terrain, Journal of ...