As Americans celebrate the nation's 250th birthday, underwater archaeologists race against time to save Lake Champlain's ...

Considered the world’s richest shipwreck, the San Jose was found off the coast of Colombia in 2015. New research into the gold coins now scattered on the ocean floor offered insights into the ...

Archaeologists have discovered by chance what they say are the remains of a 16th-century merchant ship more than 1.5 miles underwater off southern France, the deepest such find in its section of the ...

An underwater archaeologist has identified around 250 treasure-filled shipwrecks along the coasts of mainland Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira, potentially holding tons of gold and silver beneath the ...

Underwater archaeology is a multidisciplinary field dedicated to the discovery, recording and preservation of submerged cultural heritage. This branch of archaeology not only unravels historical ...

In July 1860, the Clotilda—the last known slave ship to arrive in the United States—landed in Mobile, Alabama. The wooden vessel’s cargo hold measured around 500 square feet, about the size of a ...

Maritime history and mystery will take center stage later this month as the “History in Motion” series presents Shipwrecks of ...

Underwater archaeologists may have discovered a long-lost 18th-century treasure ship that vanished over two centuries ago. Marine expert Edmond O’Byrne told Pen News that his team found what is ...

This year marks a decade since the discovery of the Spanish galleon San José off the coast of Colombia—yet its fate is as uncertain as ever. The Colombian and Spanish governments, a private U.S.