Diamonds, gold and silver coins, ivory and cannons to fend off pirates. ARRRRR!!!! picked by Moe 4 months ago

The playground legal principle "Finders keepers, losers weepers" is being put to the test in an international dispute over what could be the richest sunken treasure ever found: 17 tons of silver coins brought up from a centuries-old shipwreck. picked by FreeMind 7 months ago

Large vessel was carrying hundreds of jars of fermented fish guts and blood, a Roman delicacy. picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

Florida deep-sea explorers will continue their disputes with the Spanish government over a sunken treasure that was found near Gibraltar in a ship wreck. You may ask what's the prize - here's the answer: the treasure includes coins and artifacts with a total value of $500 million. picked by maxriter 10 months ago

Genetic analysis has revealed the contents of an ancient shipwreck dating back to the era of the Roman Republic and Athenian Empire. The cargo was olive oil flavored with oregano. Beyond discovering ingredients for Italian salad dressing on the sea floor, such research could provide a wealth of insights concerning the everyday life of ancient seafaring civilizations that would otherwise be lost at... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

A Spanish galleon. A hunt for sunken treasure. A sealed lead box. And the payoff: divers recover thousands of pearls from a 17th-century shipwreck. picked by hisidea 1 year ago

A team of Texas A&M University researchers will soon be recovering artifacts from a 200-year-old shipwreck that lies more than 4,000 feet beneath the Gulf of Mexico, making it the deepest such recovery effort ever attempted in the gulf. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

"What we're seeing here is a presumed incidence of plundering," First Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said. picked by pulsisx 1 year ago

Presumabmly the treasure dates back to the 17th century and its is made in 90 percent finest gold. picked by maxriter 9 months ago

The boat is probably from the period 1470-1570 and was likely used to transport limestone from the quarries in Furuberget to build Domkirkeodden, Hamar's medieval cathedral. picked by suebe 1 year ago

An amusing read! picked by topofall 7 months ago

A coin found in a snake-infested swamp could help prove a century-old theory that a Spanish or Portuguese ship was wrecked on Australia’s east coast years before Captain James Cook’s famed voyage of discovery. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Archeologists in Britain have revealed the findings from a shipwrecked Tudor warship believed to have sunk around the year 1592. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Cool! picked by moe 7 months ago

1500 gold coins sewed up in a dress, making it worth $1.2 million and a pain in the back. picked by maxriter 10 months ago

The vessels were probably damaged in a storm and abandoned on the waterfront at Larvik. Over the years, the area filled in, and the wreckage was buried. The wreckage was being taken this week to Larvik Museum. picked by suebe 12 months ago