ANCIENT MELAKA VESSEL UNRAVELS MALAY MARITIME PROWESS

The wood fragments embedded in the ground have characteristics of being man-made. Pix Shanika Abdullatib

This 12 x 12 square-meter excavation site, where fragments and blocks of wood were found, is believed to be part of the body of an ancient boat belonging to the nobility. Pix Shanika Abdullati

Based on radiocarbon dating tests conducted on the samples in the United States, the age of the structure is estimated to be from the 13th century AD. Pix Shanika Abdullatib

Coins from the reign of Sultan Mahmud Shah were also discovered. Pix Shanika Abdullatib

Porcelain fragments believed to indicate that the ship belonged to a noble of the Malacca Sultanate. Pix Shanika Abdullatib