Red Sea shipwreck offers a clue to of sheer scale of Saudi Arabia's maritime heritage
LONDON: At first glance, the blue-and-white porcelain cup lying intact on the sandy seabed looks as if it might have been dropped overboard from a boat only yesterday. In fact, the cup, one of hundreds scattered about the immediate area, has lain beneath the waves for more than 250 years. Together with the large merchant ship that took it to the bottom, the lost cargo not only
Source: arabnews.com