700-year-old artifacts found in Singapore

A collection of artifacts, most of which date back 700 years, have been found at an excavation our side Empress Palace in Singapore.

A team of archaeologists digging at an excavation site in front of the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall have managed to haul up 400kg of artefacts in less than two weeks.

Most of these artefacts, which include Chinese ceramics, jars and figurines, are at least 700 years old, dating as far back as the Yuan dynasty period or 14th century.

These items were recovered from an archaeological excavation site that is currently being carried out at a 1,000 sq m large area – the size of 10 4-room HDB flats – at Empress Place.

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Story: Karen Lim, AsiaOne | Photo: AsiaOne