Across the world’s continental shelves, archaeologists are racing a rising tide of development and climate change to map and ...

We imagine the ancient world as one made of stone. Marble temples, megalithic structures, and rock-hewn tombs dominate the modern image of the pre-modern period. That image is, of course, an ...

A cargo ship lying at the bottom of the sea off the Belgian coast has been fitted with a new treasure chest: a stash of rare flat oysters. Molluscs have mostly disappeared from the North Sea due to ...

Eighty-seven celadon bowls dating back 900 years have been found in a shipwreck, preserved almost as new under the mud of the ...

A diver inspects the ancient Zambratija boat during a 2013 excavation. (all photos © Philippe Groscaux/Mission Adriboats/CNRS/CCJ; courtesy CNRS) European ...

Experts brought to the surface the first treasures from the 1700s Spanish galleon the San José. Considered the Holy Grail of shipwrecks, the Colombian government is planning to preserve these first ...

A cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup were among the first objects Colombian scientists recovered from the depths of the Caribbean Sea where the mythical Spanish galleon San José sank in 1708 ...