Fragments of ceramic ware and stone statuary ware
from an old shipwreck have been found on an ancient ship found under
water near the islet of An Binh, 3km from Ly Son Island in the central
province of Quang Ngai.
Further excavations on the eastern wall of Tra Kieu Citadel, in central
Quang Nam Province, are expected to reveal more information of the
former Champa Kingdom (4th-11th century).
Many valuable artefacts from the Cham culture have
been found in the southern central province of Binh Thuan. The new
discoveries are important for ongoing research on the ancient culture,
according to Nguyen Xuan Ly, director of the provincial museum.
A 285-page book titled the Corpus of Inscriptions of
Champa which has been translated from the ancient Cham language
(Sanskrit) into English and Vietnamese, was launched at the Cham
Sculpture Museum yesterday.
A Cham tower complex has been found in Hoa Vang
District after a three-month excavation, including 629 objects dating
from the 10th-14th centuries, archaeologists from the National Museum of
Vietnamese History announced yesterday.
Nha Trang''s sun, sand and sea lured me away from
other inland attractions when I came to the central coastal city for my
honeymoon a couple of years ago.
The central province of Quang Nam boasts a great
number of Champa relics but many of them are in danger of being lost
because of damage caused by the elements and the passage of time.
