Mambrui

Mambrui
Mambrui Location of Mambrui
Coordinates: 3°07′S 40°09′E / 3.12°S 40.15°E / -3.12; 40.15Coordinates: 3°07′S 40°09′E / 3.12°S 40.15°E / -3.12; 40.15
Country	Kenya
Province	Coast Province
Time zone	EAT (UTC+3)

Mambrui is a settlement in Kenya's Coast Province, located east of Marikebuni along the Malindi-Garissa Road, south of Gongoni and north of Malindi.

Mambrui is the site of a project by a team of Kenyan and Chinese archaeologists, looking for evidence of contact with the Chinese during the era of the Yongle Emperor. In October 2010, the team went public about the discovery of an early 15th century Chinese coin, the remains of an iron smelter accompanied by iron slag, and a jade-green shard of porcelain believed to come from Long Quan, a kiln that made porcelain exclusively for the royal family during the early Ming Dynasty.^[1] The discoveries may end up confirming that the date of the first international trade with East Africa is decades before the arrival of Vasco Da Gama, most likely during the expeditions of Zheng He.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Could a rusty coin re-write Chinese-African history?". BBC News. 17 October 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11531398. Retrieved 2010-10-18.