30,000 sunken relics unearthed in SW China

Copper coins are among the treasures unearthed at the sunken ship sight on the Minjiang River in Pengshan, district of Meishan, Southwest China's Sichuan province. Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of a peasant revolt at the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), sank numerous boats filled with treasures in an area covering about one million square meters near a wharf in Pengshan. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]