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Miners Unearth a 16th Century Portuguese Shipwreck in Namibia's Diamond District
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1306+ words) be an unexpected obstacle to diamond extraction revealed something even rarer: the remains of a Portuguese...The vessel was identified as the Bom Jesus, a Portuguese merchant ship that set sail for India and sank...
Fortress in Portugal hosts medieval market
1+ week, 4+ day ago (378+ words) The Valença Fortress will host the Medieval Market between September 4th and 6th, which, in this edition, recreates the presence of Duarte de Armas in Valença in 1509, the municipality revealed. By TPN/Lusa, in News · 03 Sep 2026, 08:03 · 0 Comments "For three days, the streets…...
Late Bronze Age settlement in Portugal soon to be visited
3+ week, 1+ day ago (633+ words) The Outeiro do Circo settlement in the municipality of Beja—one of the largest Late Bronze Age sites on the Iberian Peninsula—is hosting a new €50,000 archaeological project to enable future public visits. By TPN/Lusa, in News, Tourism · 23 Aug…...
This 3,700-Year-Old Olive Tree in Portugal Has Been Growing Since the Bronze Age (and Keeps Making Olives
2+ week, 6+ day ago (575+ words) Most trees retire after a few centuries. This ancient olive seems to have missed the memo, and it’s not the only one....
Lost in the Namib desert, this ship still held 2,000 gold coins and 17 tons of copper
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (433+ words) helped experts confirm the ship’s design: a carrack, or nef — a robust ocean-going vessel common in Portugal...Commissioned by the Portuguese crown, its mission was to return home with valuable spices and exotic...
500-Year-Old Wreck Found Buried in Namibia’s Desert, Filled With Gold, Ivory and Lost Empire Secrets
2+ week, 1+ day ago (706+ words) In April 2008, miners working near Oranjemund uncovered the remains of the Bom Jesus, a Portuguese trading...Researchers used all available information (cargo, coins, and Portuguese fleets’ records) because no...These coins were produced during the years in which the Portuguese…...
The Child Who Complicated Human History
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1124+ words) handful of objects, and a burial carefully placed beneath a rock shelter in what is now central Portugal...December 1998, archaeologists working at the Lagar Velho rockshelter in the Lapedo Valley, near Leiria, Portugal...
This Historically Significant Shipwreck Was Hiding In The Desert For 500 Years
3+ week, 1+ day ago (472+ words) In March of 1533, a ship named the Bom Jesus left Portugal from the port of Lisbon, bound for western...It carried naval equipment and other goods that Portugal could trade for pepper and spices....It was centuries before the Suez…...
31 Trade Routes That Shaped the Modern World Map
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1514+ words) This route established Portuguese dominance in global maritime trade and sparked the Age of European...
Ancient Silk Road passage in northwest China expands global ties
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (749+ words) Manuel Carvalho, Portuguese ambassador to China, has never been to Gansu either, but he has long known...Global Linking of Dunhuang Culture” event, which linked Dunhuang and Lanzhou in Gansu, Beijing, and Portugal...