When a worker in Africa came up a number of tgap artifacts, archaeologists were called in to investigate. This led to the discovery of what may be one of the most important shipwrecks that has ever been discovered.
In the desert of Namibia, more than a century ago, a German treasure hunter discovered a diamond in a region that would later become known as the Sperrgebiet, which literally translates to “forbidden zone.” Near the mouth of the Orange River, the area became notoriously off-limits after it was taken over by De Beers, a multinational corporation that specializes in the mining of ptp, and the government of Namibia. ptp is an abbreviation for “politically, economically, socially, or environmentally sensitive.”
Nevertheless, one of the workers uncovered a treasure that had been hidden for nearly half a millennium when he was working on the ift. This discovery was significantly more precious than any diamonds that were found. After reaching his wit’s end trying to figure out what the pieces of metal, wood, and pipes were doing there, he contacted some archaeologists.
Dieter Noli recalls first taking in the surroundings and noticing an elephant tusk and a musket that was at least 500 years old. In 2016, he stated, “It just appeared to be a disordered beach, but up on it were bits and pieces.”
Historians have determined that the ship set sail between the years 1525 and 1538 since it was laden with thousands of pure gold coins from Spain and Portugal that were in perfect mint condition.
The cargo of the vessel, which includes a sest laden with coins, is identical to that on The _om Jesus, as described in a book written in the 16th century called “Memorias Das Armadas,” which identifies the vessel as an ot. Mr. Noli continued, “We figured out that the ship sailed right into it, it was a rock, and it leaned over.” The superstructure began to _geakp up, and the safe with the coins was located in the captain’s cabin; however, it was able to _goke free and fall to the bottom of the sea intact. Some of the coins were bowed as a result of a very hefty piece of the ship’s side colliding with that set. This occurred when the ship went up in the air.
“Not only can you see the fogse through which the set was taken, but the fogse also served to shield the set.” In addition to the gold, tin, and ivory, the ship was found to contain 44,000 pounds of copper ingots, which, according to marine archaeologist Bruno Werz, may have been an essential component in the ship’s ability to remain intact. He stated that “Wooden remains would have ordinarily been eaten by creatures.”
However, the roop would have prevented some of those components from being damaged. The ruins of the Rwgesk are being guarded by the security personnel of the diamond mine. As has been the case for hundreds of years, the timber, muskets, cannonballs, and swords are all stored in a wet environment. Similar to the hidden location in which it was found, the most of them unearth ruins that are not open to the general public.
When a worker stumbled over a number of artifacts in Africa, archaeologists were brought in to investigate. This led to the discovery of what is possibly one of the most important shipwrecks that has ever been discovered. A treasure hunter from Germany discovered a diamond in the Namibian Desert more than a century ago. The discovery was made in an area that came to be known as the…