Shantou border officers to escort nearly ten thousand pieces of "South Australia Ⅰ" heritage back to Guangzhou

China news agency, Shantou, July 19 - (Li Yiqing Chen Yanlin Chunwei) July 19, "South Australia Ⅰ" underwater archaeological excavations in the second phase of the water is more than 9500 pieces of cultural relics, Shantou City in Guangdong Border Detachment cloud Australia Border Police Station transported under escort of officers and men from throughout South Australian waters. Relics will arrive in Guangzhou City, and handled by the Guangdong Provincial Museum to protect. This also shows that "South Australia Ⅰ" stage underwater archaeological excavations in 2011 officially ended.

After the archaeological excavations of ancient shipwrecks will be the key conservation issues. Shantou border detachment cloud Australia Border Police Station Zhu Zhixiong director, told reporters this sea border police station will continue around the clock monitoring. It is understood that next to "South Australia Ⅰ" underwater archaeological work is expected to be the end of April or early May next year to continue.

Reporters learned from the May 2007 emergency cloud attack Australia Border Police Station officers and men, and seized stolen antiquities smugglers sea fishing began to "South Australia Ⅰ" found so far, more than four years time, the border police were deployed in 5000 many people, sent more than 2,000 public side of boat trips, issuing more than 5,000 copies of flyers heritage, relics seized a total of 195. In 2010, the National Heritage Board dedicated to the Public Security Frontier Detachment cloud Shantou Australia Border Police Station issued a "Special Award for conservation."

Ming wreck "South Australia Ⅰ" rescue excavations, was named the year 2010 one of China's major archaeological discoveries. Complete