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China
- Program Title: Sultan's Lost Treasure
- EASC Code: CS-20
- Series Title:
- Region/Country: China
- Language: English
- Subtitles:
- Subject: Archaeology
- Program Type: Documentary
- Media Type: VHS
- Director:
- Producer: WGBH Educational Foundation
- Release Date: 2001
- Running Time: 60 min.
- Color or BW: Color
- Program Abstract: Travel down 200 feet in the waters off the coast of Borneo, and watch as secrets of the Ming Dynasty emerge from a watery grave of a treasure-filled 500-year-old trading vessel is discovered. Examine beautiful blue and white porcelain plates, cups and pitchers, and learn the surprisingly sophisticated methods devised to create these objects of tremendous purity and excellence. Travel back to a time when China's technological superiority helped expand its empire, and discover the wonders of a lost world.
- Data Entry Date: 4/4/2001
