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 8 months 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

Deep-sea explorers said Friday they have hauled up what could be the richest sunken treasure ever discovered: hundreds of thousands of colonial-era silver and gold coins worth an estimated $500 million from a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean. picked by marli 1 year 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 6 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 10 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

Diamonds, gold and silver coins, ivory and cannons to fend off pirates. ARRRRR!!!! picked by Moe 3 months ago

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

An amusing read! picked by topofall 6 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 11 months ago

2000 year old Greek device found in shipwreck. It is the most advanced thing that has been recovered from ancient times; the next greatest achievement was al-Biruni's eight-geared astrolabe, nearly 1000 years later. picked by KingKoopa 2 years ago

Beautiful photographs of shipwrecked passengers (fictional) picked by rubes68 2 years ago

CANBERRA, Australia — A shrimp fisherman who swam 12 hours to shore to get help after his trawler sank, leaving him and his two crewmates clinging to flotsam, was hailed as a hero today. picked by mutil8or 5 months ago

A bullet found inside a skull buried on a remote Australian island has added further intrigue to the mysterious 1942 sinking of an Australian ship.

Henry Gale, 43, has been brought in for questioning. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years 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

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

Update on this story posted earlier.

(Image not from this actual wreck.) picked by rambler 3 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 6 months ago

A shipwreck off the North Carolina coast is believed to be that of notorious pirate Blackbeard. picked by Neiako 1 year ago