A perfectly preserved 19th-century shipwreck discovered 60 meters under the Baltic Sea reveals a cargo of rare champagne and luxury goods. A routine sonar scan in the Baltic Sea recently led a team of Polish divers to an extraordinary underwater find,...

intact for centuries. Its brackish water, cold depths, and lack of oxygen make it an ideal environment for preserving shipwrecks. The ship uncovered by HMS Belos now joins a growing list of discoveries in the Baltic Sea, including a Swedish naval wreck...

A 500-year-old shipwreck filled with gold coins has been unearthed in a Namibian diamond mine, revealing secrets of a vanished maritime trading world. In April 2008, miners scouring Namibia’s Atlantic coast for diamonds stumbled upon a historical...

Decades-old Soviet nuclear submarine continues leaking, and fresh data indicate its internal contents may now be slowly degrading. In 2019 a remotely operated vehicle named Ægir 6000 descended into the Norwegian Sea to inspect the wreck of the Soviet...

Divers find a millennium‑old Byzantine shipwreck treasure of gold in the Mediterranean, revealing a hidden ancient hoard. A Byzantine merchant vessel discovered off Croatia’s island of Mljet has yielded the most extensive assemblage of gold artefacts...

The 500-year-old wreck of the Portuguese ship Bom Jesus has been discovered in Namibia, revealing a treasure trove of gold, ivory, and historical artifacts. A Treasure Trove Reclaimed from the Namib Desert For nearly five centuries, the final resting...

A mysterious object discovered on board continues to baffle experts, leaving researchers scrambling to uncover its true origin and purpose. Deep beneath the silt of Germany’s Bay of Greifswald, a routine survey for a planned gas pipeline revealed an...

while traversing the Aegean Sea. A deep-sea expedition recovers artifacts from the Britannic, one of the most famous shipwrecks in the Mediterranean. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture The ship sank in under an hour, a disaster that claimed 30 lives...

Archaeologists have mapped a 200-meter seafloor trail of cannons and anchors, revealing the final, desperate moments of a doomed shipwreck. Hidden beneath the Caribbean waters off the Yucatán Peninsula, a haunting collection of nineteen cannons and...

between 600 and 650 amphorae remain at the site. While this represents a medium-sized load compared to other Mediterranean wrecks containing over a thousand vessels, the variety of the cargo is of particular interest to historians. Divers identified...

A shipwreck off Andros revealed hundreds of ancient amphorae, but the most telling find lies in the mysterious cargo uncovered on the seabed. A team of Greek underwater archaeologists has uncovered a massive cargo of ancient trade jars near the island...

The SS Valencia sank on Jan 22 1906 after its captain ignored shallow water readings, causing navigation errors and a collision off Vancouver Island. While en route from San Francisco to Seattle, the passenger liner Valencia found itself swept into the...

Roman shipwreck in Lake Neuchâtel reveals 2,000‑year‑old cache of weapons, wagons and trade goods, shedding light on ancient commerce. A team of divers exploring Lake Neuchâtel uncovered a massive Roman cargo that sank between 20 and 50 AD, leaving...

swords, axe heads, a gold bracelet, gold ingots and over 400 gold items thought to be linked to one or two ancient shipwrecks. For the divers who retrieved it, the moment was unforgettable. Becky Gill described the find as “a child at Christmas does not...

A century ago, a French warship vanished in sixty seconds after striking an uncharted hazard. Discover the mystery of this forgotten maritime disaster. A century ago, the pride of the French naval fleet, a 23,500-tonne dreadnought known as the France,...

Archaeologists have discovered a 3,300-year-old shipwreck nearly two kilometers underwater, offering a rare, pristine glimpse into ancient maritime trade. A routine seafloor survey conducted by the energy firm Energean has inadvertently led to an...

Archaeologists surveying a German lagoon have discovered a mysterious, long-lost shipwreck alongside a strange, never-before-seen object. During routine underwater surveys for a gas pipeline installation in Germany’s Bay of Greifswald, commercial...

Measuring 34 meters (112 feet) in length and 13 meters (43 feet) in width, the vessel ranks among the four largest shipwrecks ever documented in the Mediterranean, and it holds the title of the largest found in the eastern region to date. Each...

Marine archaeologists have discovered a 2,100-year-old shipwreck off Turkey’s coast, yielding thousands of ancient ceramic plates, bowls, and trays. Underwater archaeologists operating off the coast of Adrasan, in Turkey’s Antalya province, have...

Archaeologists have recovered a 1,600-year-old Roman trading ship and its cargo of coins from an ancient port, uncovering a long-lost piece of history. A remarkable cache of ancient Roman treasures has been recovered from the seabed near the port of...