In August 2024, the Jasper House Museum in Oranjemund, Namibia, unveiled a new exhibition dedicated to the artifacts recovered from the Bom Jesus, a 500-year-old Portuguese shipwreck discovered in the ...

One of the most significant shipwreck finds of recent times was made in an ostensibly unlikely place: a southwest African desert. The Bom Jesus (The Good Jesus), a Portuguese ship, set sail for ...

The Namib Desert, which runs along the Atlantic Ocean, is more than just a stretch of barren land. A few years ago, archaeologists in Namibia discovered a 500-year-old Portuguese shipwreck from ...

A mining firm uncovered an epic lost shipwreck in the middle of an African desert, containing a multi-million-pound treasure haul. The vessel, a Portuguese ship called The Bom Jesus, dates back ...

In 2008, diamond miners in Namibia’s desert uncovered the Bom Jesus, a Portuguese ship lost in 1533 enroute to India. The wreck contained approximately 2,000 gold coins and tens of thousands of ...

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