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For nearly 300 years, a cargo of Chinese porcelain lay scattered on the seafloor off Norway: stacked bowls, goblets, textiles and even pieces of chandeliers, all swallowed by the cold North Sea.

Now, archaeologists have brought it back. The find, from an 18th-century shipwreck recently discovered, is being called unparalleled in the Nordic region.

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Treasure trove beneath the North Sea: Chinese porcelain recovered from 18th-century shipwreck