500-Year Old Treasure-Filled Shipwreck Discovered

Meera Dolasia
Fri, 02 May 2008 03:42:00 -0700

Imagine cruising along the coast of Africa, in a ship laden with gold coins, copper ingots (nuggets) and elephant tusks and armed with cannons to fight off enemies. This, is the picture emerging from the artifacts in a 500-year old shipwreck found off the coast of Namibia, South Africa.