Thousands of shipwrecks lie in the 4,080 square miles of the Bay and its feeder waters. The archaeologists, divers, and other ...

A discovery in Sardinia reveals up to 50,000 intact Roman coins, prompting research into trade, shipwrecks, and Mediterranean ...

The ship's cargo included ceramics from Spain and Tunisia. Recovering a Mendean amphora from a Roman shipwreck off Kasos Island. Photo by Nikos Koukoulas, courtesy of the Kasos Maritime Archaeological ...

Last month, divers off the coast of South Korea retrieved 87 bowls and cups from the dark, swirling waters. The objects were ...

The craftsmanship on the spears shows some were likely used in battle, while one may have just been a status symbol.

Teams of marine archaeologists from the University of California San Diego set out this summer on expeditions to uncover secrets of ancient eastern Mediterranean societies. They brought back to San ...

The University of California San Diego has announced a gift of more than $1.3 million from the Koret Foundation to support research collaborations focused on marine archaeology between UC San Diego’s ...

The wreck was identified in 1900 but sat unexplored until scientists developed a strategy. During an expedition spanning from May 17 until June 20 of this year, marine archaeologists working with the ...

Maritime archaeology has a tremendous capacity to engage with climate change science. The field is uniquely positioned to support climate change research and the understanding of past human ...

Thirty centuries after an Iron Age artisan pressed wet clay between their fingers, divers in central Italy surfaced with a small goddess statue that still carries those ridges and whorls. The figurine ...

Marine geophysical surveys have become indispensable for the investigation and mapping of the seafloor and its shallow sub-surface, while archaeological prospection techniques enable the detection, ...

Caligula and Nero both had homes in the hedonistic spa town. A copy of an original statue, preserved at the Museum of Baiae, of Dionysus, in the submerged ancient Roman city of Baia at the Underwater ...