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The fabled kingdom of Srivijaya, known in ancient times as the Island of Gold, was a civilisation of untold wealth that explorers tried in vain to find long after its unexplained disappearance around the 14th century. Now the site may finally have been found by fishermen on the Musi River near Palembang on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Maritime archaeologist Dr Sean Kingsley, who has just released his research into their finds in Wreckwatch magazine (a digital magazine about shipwreck exploration and underwater archaeology) says this is like an Asian Atlantis.

(Photo: Some of the treasures found in Sumatra. Credit: Courtesy of Wreckwatch Magazine)