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Ancient Shipwreck Discovered In Desert Contains Hundreds Of Priceless Coins !
When experts started digging and excavating an unusual rock in the Namibian desert, they had no idea what they were about to uncover. They would soon discover a link to the past that was thought to be lost forever.
However, what strange thing was discovered in such a remote place?
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when experts started digging and
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Excavating an unusual Rock in the
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namibian desert they had no idea what
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they were about to uncover they would
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soon discover a link to the past that
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was thought to be lost forever however
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what strange thing was discovered in
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such a remote place in 1908 a German
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prospector discovered diamonds in an
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area of the namibian desert that would
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later be known as The Forbidden
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territory it wasn't long before many
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other Germans poured into the area
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however this Diamond Rush would soon
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uncover something else no one knew that
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a ship had also visited that area almost
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500 years earlier in the 16th century
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once they discovered this archaeologists
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from all over realized the potential
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importance of this find or so they
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thought none of them realized just how
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special this shipwreck truly was diamond
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mining Giants De Beers and the namibian
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government jointly operate mines in the
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Forbidden territory
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however neither they nor the original
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prospector could have known what a
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treasure truly lay under the sands
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while mining the area the miners came
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across strange pipes and rocks however
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once they discovered small amounts of
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mercury they had to investigate
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once they discovered that mercury was
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used as a medical treatment they had to
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call in some experts this also meant
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that they had to stop mining for
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diamonds it was almost 100 years after
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the area was first discovered by the
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prospector when the miners stumbled
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across something that had been hidden
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for 500 years
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a miner had stumbled across what
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appeared to be half of a perfectly round
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sphere
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nature couldn't create something like
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this could it the man picked up the
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sphere and realized that he was in fact
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looking at a copper ingot he and his
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colleagues soon came across more such
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ingots all marked with some kind of
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trident symbol however that was merely
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the beginning
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the copper Ingot was only the first part
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of the ancient treasure the team kept on
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digging and soon realized that they were
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looking at a shipwreck that was when the
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archaeologists took over and began to
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work on the area
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they couldn't believe their luck as they
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uncovered the incredible find
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according to the experts the copper
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ingots were most likely traded for
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spices in the Indies during the 16th
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century however the biggest Enigma was
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not the cargo but how the ship had ended
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up in the middle of the desert what they
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discovered was mind-blowing later the
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miners were told that this was the
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symbol of and fugger one of the
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wealthiest financiers from Renaissance
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Euro and yet the mystery was only
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getting deeper together with the
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archeology team they had to continue
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digging
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the miners had no idea that the sand
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would hide other things in diamonds so
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they used bulldozers on the site the
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discoveries were just starting to pile
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up
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workers discovered pieces of wood pipes
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metal and even tools that would be used
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on a ship
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then Dr Dieter Noli received a call from
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the namdev diamond corporation that day
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a call that would make any archaeologist
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happier than ever
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it just looked like a disturbed Beach
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but lying on it were bits and pieces
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recall Dr Noli who is the chief
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archaeologist his first thought was oh
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no no this is definitely a shipwreck but
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what makes this ship more special than
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the others just wait until you see all
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the treasures they discovered notice the
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small doodled ship on the bottom left it
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was known as ship from a fleet with
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sunken but nobody knew where it was lost
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and what happened to the crew was this
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the ship records say this vessel hit an
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immense treasure the crew continued
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looking for more clues imagine all the
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loot from a sunken vessel being washed
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away on the shore that is filled with
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diamonds
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the archaeologist and his team begun
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their work and uncovered a 500 year old
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musket and elephant tusks but that was
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only the beginning
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archaeologists believe that this
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discovery is essential and that the
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oldest shipwreck ever to be found on the
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sub-Saharan African Coast is also among
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the most significant shipwrecks ever
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found
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the miners now help to work on the site
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uncovering astrological tools compasses
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swords cannons and a time capsule then
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they spotted something else
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sometime around the time when this
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vessel got stranded on the African Coast
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a Portuguese ship that was going to
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Indio was never seen making its way
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beyond the southern Atlantic it was
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named the bond Jesus the good Jesus
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here's why this ship could be the lost
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one and why it's so important in the
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rare 16th century book memories dos
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armadas the bomb Jesus had a cargo of
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gold and other precious items historians
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dated the ship to between 1525 and 1538
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and only knew that it was lost could
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this be it
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the secrets of this shipwreck would soon
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be unveiled thanks to an incredible crew
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that made sure the relics were safely
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loaded and transported to Labs where
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their age was going to be tested
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archaeologist Bruno Wars was making sure
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this piece of wood would safely be
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placed in a tank of fresh water for
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preservation
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his work was just beginning and he was
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very excited looking at the evidence at
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the site Dr Noli and his team realized
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that they were looking at the remains of
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the bomb Jesus further investigations
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shed light on Wyatt sunk and later they
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even find that treasure
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in an interview Dr Noli explained how
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the ship met its end strong storms sent
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the ship into Iraq it then leaned over
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and broke up burying with it a chest
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filled with riches a chest filled with
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loot fell from the captain's cabin right
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on the bottom of the sea but what helped
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them stay there was that the heavy part
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of the ship fell right on top of the
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chest protecting it from the waves
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here's what the chest contained The
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Marine archaeologist Bruno Wars
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explained that the Hall of gold in the
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chest the tin and ivory were all in
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place thanks to the 44 000 pounds of
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copper ingots if it hadn't been for
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those copper ingots weighing everything
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down there would be nothing left here to
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find the entire shipwreck was excavated
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from a depth of 20 feet below sea level
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the crew of Miners and archaeologists
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were only a few feet away from the
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Atlantic Ocean which was only held by a
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retaining wall
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their job is far from being over the
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ocean in that part of the forbidden zone
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was riddled with heavy storms that in
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five centuries along with the waves
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could have washed away the entire
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shipwreck what will happen next with the
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relics found Francisco Alves who is the
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doing of Portuguese Maritime
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archaeologists and also the head of
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nautical archeology under the ministry
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of culture explain that the discovery
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offers them a Priceless opportunity
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to learn about the great old ships this
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is only the second one ever excavated by
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archaeologists all the others were
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plundered by treasure Hunters this one
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is in safe hands why considering the
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Shipwreck is on the Spurgeon Coast which
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is heavily guarded no treasure hunter
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would dare get close to the precious
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remains but that not how the story ends
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archaeologists are still researching
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whether there were survivors or not in
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that shipwreck looking for more records
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of Portuguese men in Namibia
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it was so ironic for them to go on an
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adventure looking for Treasure and end
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up in a shipwreck on the very shore
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filled with Priceless diamonds De Beers
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and the namibian government officials
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have suspended the work around the wreck
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site and are now helping them finding
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history and not diamonds thanks to the
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materials found on the diamond shipwreck
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as it was named researchers will need
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years to study everything
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they hope to learn more about the
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Portuguese trading vessels design
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rigging and evolution
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while the Shipwreck did contain a lot of
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golden Ivory even everyday objects like
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cooking items and sailing tools will
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help researchers learn more about the
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routine on board of the ship
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it will also shed light on what people
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would carry with them on Long Journeys
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like this one that never made it to its
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destination
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