A sacred relic found recovered from a shipwreck may hold a hidden treasure.

Archaeologists working in the waters around Fournoi, a small island group in the northern Aegean Sea, recorded 22 ancient ...

Meteorological tsunamis likely sank the 13th-century trading vessels, whose cargo included objects from both Christian ...

New analysis of the Capo Mulini shipwreck suggests amphorae came from the Strait of Messina, offering fresh insight into ...

New research out of the University of California San Diego and the University of Haifa is reshaping what we know about ancient seaborne trade in the eastern Mediterranean. Published recently in ...

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FOURNI, Greece (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Greece have discovered at least 58 shipwrecks, many laden with antiquities, in what they say may be the largest concentration of ancient wrecks ever found ...

Historic tunnel surprise: Six shipwrecks spanning centuries were uncovered during Sweden's Varberg Tunnel railway construction, revealing diverse designs and histories. Remarkable preservation: The ...

The discovery, led by researchers at the University of Cádiz working on Project Herkales, includes at least 134 shipwrecks, some dating back as far as the fifth century BCE. These aren't just empty ...

The find came in an area known as the Fourni Archipelago, a small group of 13 islands along with islets and reefs that all sit between the larger islands of Samos and Icaria. These islands are between ...

Thirty feet under the surface of the cold, murky Baltic Sea, Brendan Foley spotted something unusual in the wreckage of an ancient ship. Foley, AG95, a marine archaeologist and researcher at Lund ...