Kublai Khan Warship Found in Japan

 Ship of the fleet of Kublai Khan's invasion was found 25 meters below sea level.

YouTube - Japanese marine archaeologist to find the ship, which allegedly fleet Mongol troops from the 13th century. These archaeological findings found 25 meters below sea level, off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan.

Japanese archaeologists are hoping they can reconstruct the shards of pottery from the Yuan Dynasty, from Kublai Khan's fleet of ships owned by it. Mongol control of China since 1271 until 1368, and it was Kublai Khan founded the Yuan Dynasty in China which covers an area of ​​China and Mongolia at this time. The ship was suspected as the second ship of the Mongol fleet (which consisted of 4400 ships of war), who lost in 1281.

To investigate this ship, archaeologists made ​​a box and the grid on the hull which has a length of 12 meters this. This is done to help identify and recognize the character of warships is a length of 20 meters.

"This discovery is very important. We plan to continue looking for something that could help reveal information about the whole ship," said Yoshifumi Ikeda, professor of archeology at the University Ryukyus, Okinawa.

This ship is the first ship was found intact, most of the hull still attached, even with a nail. The researchers called in good condition for preservation. In fact, the researchers could find out if the ship is painted with a light gray color.

"I believe we can better understand the ability to build ships at the time, which is now experiencing a change in East Asia," said Ikeda.

More than 4,000 artifacts found along the ruins of the ship involved. Among other things, ceramics, bricks to balance the ship, cannon balls, and rock anchors. All the findings were linked to the Yuan Dynasty fleet used to invade other areas.

Yuan Dynasty naval efforts for control of Japan that began in 1274 ended the disaster. Fleet was later destroyed by a storm that is known by the name "Kamikaze". (umi)