In a remarkable intersection of modern engineering and historical preservation, construction workers in Varberg, Sweden, stumbled upon six centuries-old shipwrecks during a major tunnel project. These ...

The artifacts are the first treasures to be recovered from the wreckage of the San José, a Spanish galleon that was sunk by ...

A 500-year-old sunken royal warship has recently unveiled surprising secrets, casting a fresh light on the history of naval warfare and maritime technology of the era. Historical Background of the ...

In June 1708, the 62-gun Spanish galleon San José, carrying treasure from South America to Europe, was sunk by British ...

Shifting sands have exposed more of a centuries-old shipwreck off the UK for the first time. Michael Pitts/History Hit Historic England In November 1703, the wind over the northern Atlantic Ocean took ...

THE first treasures from the legendary San José galleon have finally been brought to surface, ten years after the “Holy Grail ...

LONDON, UK — When a schoolboy going for a run found the ribs of a wooden ship poking through the dunes of a remote Scottish beach, it sparked a hunt by archaeologists, scientists and local historians ...

Researchers have identified a shipwreck off Porkkala, in southern Finland, as the Swedish warship “Falken,” a 17th-century vessel built in Stockholm and considered the “little sister” of the iconic ...

This photo in the Library of Congress shows the “remains of the wooden steamboat Celt wrecked along Bowman’s Jetty,” in Charleston Harbor, according to the SC Marine Researcher Division. The Celt is ...

Researchers recovered coins, a cannon, and more from the wreck, which is believed to hold billions of dollars’ worth of gold ...