The Vietnam Binh Chau (Chau Tan) Late Tang Wreck

A discovery involving the Binh Chau shipwreck from the Late Tang dynasty is drawing attention for the extreme value of its recovered materials. As Hacker News tells it, some of the wood from the wreck is valued at three hundred sixty dollars per kilogram.

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