A new book by author Julian Sancton explores the lengthy quest to find the Spanish galleon—and the political firestorm that ...

Archaeologists say the 2,400-year-old ship is so well preserved that even the mast and rowers' benches have survived for millennia.

Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery by uncovering the lost cargo from three ancient shipwrecks, shedding light on Iron Age artifacts that have been hidden beneath the sea for centuries.

Across the world’s continental shelves, archaeologists are racing a rising tide of development and climate change to map and protect drowned landscapes that once held thriving communities. What was ...

A team of researchers have been uncovering a remarkably well-preserved shipwreck, which is thought to be around 2,000 years old, in Barbir Bay near Sukošan in Croatia. Archaeologists from the ...

The ships -- Early salvors, treasure hunters and marine archaeology -- Locating shipwrecks -- Surveying, mapping and excavating a site -- Identification and dating of shipwrecks and their cargoes -- ...

Divers have unearthed the largest cog shipwreck ever discovered in a strait off Denmark, signalling a period of economic development in medieval Europe.

Colombian scientists also retrieved three coins and a porcelain cup from the San José, which treasure hunters have come to call the Holy Grail of shipwrecks. By Rylee Kirk The government of Colombia ...

MELAKA, MALAYSIA—The Straits Times reports that pieces of a wooden ship estimated to have been between 160 and 230 feet long have been unearthed on Malayasia’s Pulau Melaka, or Malacca Island. Ruzairy ...

When a shipwreck occurs around the world, it often makes the news for a few reasons. It could be that the ship was particularly well-known, or it could be how it sank that gets the public's attention, ...