A permanent exhibition of Chinese porcelain dated back to the
Ming Dynasty in the 16th century has been opened on the Mozambique
Island in the northern province of Nampula, the official media AIM
reported on Wednesday.
The exhibition, sponsored by the Patrimonio International
company, in which the Mozambican government is the major
shareholder, falls under a Research and Classification Project of
ancient cultural artifacts salvaged from wreckage around the Island
of Mozambique.
Some of the items exhibited are unique and of incalculable
cultural, historical and financial value, said the report.
Mozambique's Education and Culture Ministry said the Maritime
Museum, where the relics are being displayed, also features a
number of other rare artifacts of diverse origin, including India,
Europe and Africa, that have been recovered from the ship wreckage
of the "Nossa Senhora da Consolacao" vessel that sank in 1608 in
the waters of Island of Mozambique.
(Xinhua News Agency August 30, 2007)
