Researchers have discovered 10shipwrecks, including one estimated to be more than 5,000 years old, off the coast of Greece, along with scattered ancient artifacts from around the globe. Using Homer's "Iliad" as a guide, an underwater archaeological team made the discoveries during a four-year...
This map shows 3,554 shipwrecks around Ireland as far back as 1530 — and most are a total mysteryAlexandra Ma
It is not wise to dismiss the potential of mass media, no matter how shallow and lazy it sometimes seems to be. Perhaps as much as half of the planet is connected to the internet; most kids are in school around the world; the level of literacy on the planet is unprecedented; and, ...
This worldwide map has captured images of rotting and rusting hulls wasting away in shallow waters the world over. Here are 22 mysterious shipwrecks you can see on Google Earth that have yet to be fully salvaged or worn away by the elements. SS City of Adelaide (Image credit: Google ...
The discovery of religious objects on its deck has led them to assume the ship sunk while the crew was praying. The most significant find was a 43-meter-long trading ship, large enough to accommodate two merchant ships on its deck. Believed to have sunk around 1630, while sailing between ...
000-year-old wreck is believed to have been a merchant ship, travelling between the coastal villages of the Gulf of Argos and the Myrtoan Sea.It likely sank sometime around 2200 BC. Stone anchors were also found on the seabed, some 40m from the main wreck site, as well as millstones...
Dr Lubos Kordac has traveled around the globe in the pursuit of treasure and rumors of treasure. While working in Cuba, he located a Spanish Galleon once sought by Jacques Costeau himself. Lubos currently resides in the Dominican Republic and he explores this island as few treasure hunters hav...
The earliestsubstantial occupation of Santa Elena dates to around 4000 years ago. Early sixteenth century Spanish explorers had already settled on today's Florida, Georgia and South Carolina coasts when, in1562, Jean Ribault of France established Charlesfort with a garrison of 27 men. Spaniards con...
Each dive took around eight to nine hours, during which the archaeologists worked with great concentration to observe, record and analyze the site's status. Meanwhile, the submersible pilots, in accordance with the experts' instructions, performed tasks like laser measurement and multi-angle footage...
An estimated three million shipwrecks lie in seabed graveyards around the world – with as many as 1000 of them around Svalbard. Each of them has their own unique story — one that’s made much more accessible with new technology. Throughout the centuries ships have weathered wars, storms, ...