Tuesday, November 13, 2012

This is it Treasures in Indonesia

In 2010, the Indonesian government dispute with treasure hunter Michael Hatcher, about the treasure of the Tek Sing shipwreck that is worth trillions of dollars. The treasure most excited that now resides in the National Museum.1822 is the year for the ill-fated vessel Tek Sing of China. This magnificent ship sank with valuable cargo in the waters of the Pacific Islands. 177 Years later, a treasure hunter from Australia was a treasure hunter ship.
Based on data from the National Museum, a Chinese junk Tek Sing is weighing 1,000 tons with a size of 50x10 meters. A German magazine, Der Spiegel was called this ship the "Titanic of the 19th century". The magnitude of this ship followed by the number of items that load.But Lady Luck was not in favor of this ship. So that in his travels in the South China Sea, the ship sank Tek Sing. This ship crashed into a reef in the Strait Gelasa, smelters. One hundred years later, the story of the shipwreck was heard up to an Australian ear Englishman named Michael Hatcher.In 1999, Hatcher hired several foreign countries to study archeology archives VOC. Armed with this information, they were diving in the waters of the Pacific Islands and find the treasure whose value is estimated up to 30 million U.S. dollars.In the treasure hunt, Hatcher found about 1 million pieces of ceramics from the 18th century and 19. He also found the gun, and brass goods, bronze pocket watch, inkwells, a candle holder, knife, money and others. The whole treasure was then auctioned in Auction Nagel in Stuttgart, Germany.The auction which took place in 2000 it got the attention of the world community as it is considered as a major discovery. In the auction, made a replica vessel Tek Sing mounted in the center of Stuttgart station. Excitement is unfortunately not blow up into Indonesia."Yeah, Tek Sing treasure stolen," said the head of the National Museum, Intan Mardiana detikTravel when found in the National Museum, Monday (11/12/2012) yesterday.But the theft was eventually wafted also when there is a report from the Australian Federal Police. They reported that there were 43 containers of antique Chinese ceramics from the Pacific Islands who were denied entry to the Port of Adelaide, Australia. The Indonesian government moved quickly by contacting the auction in Stuttgart.Case Tek Sing treasure the most excited to be the case in the country since attracted national media attention in 2010 and highlighted the various parties ranging from the public to politicians. No less, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries at the time of public scrutiny because they have been slow to act.But rice has become porridge. Lots of stuff from Tek Sing which was sold under the hammer. In fact, all the valuables had been successfully moved into the hands of new owners. Finally, Nagel Auction only provide a ceramic so the rest of the auction the contents of the vessel. Now, these items become a collection of the National Museum.All the rest of Tek Sing treasure now on display in the 'Exhibition Traces Karam' in the National Museum on 12 November to 5 December 2012. There are two glass box measuring 50x50 cm and a height of 1.5 meters. In the box there are ceramics such as glass plates, small plates, bowls, spoons and a small jug.Monitoring detikTravel, many visitors do not realize how precious treasure Tek Sing in the eyes of the world. While still a lot of time, come see for yourself the treasure makes a scene at the National Museum.


Source: http://travel.detik.com/read/2012/11/13/071650/2089905/1382/

No comments:

Post a Comment