The first objects from the legendary San José galleon, long estimated to hold a $20 billion cargo, have finally been lifted ...

A centuries-old shipwreck packed with billions in treasure has just yielded its first artifacts—sparking a global power ...

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Everyone loves a great tale of treasures from the deep and the El Cazador is considered to be the shipwreck that changed the ...

For decades, the story of the Nuestra Señora del Pilar has been told as a failed treasure hunt, millions in lost silver, ...

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

The fate of the San José is sparking legal battles involving the United States, Spain, and Colombia. Mr. Funk was the ...

A shipwreck leaves a captain and crew adrift in a tiny lifeboat facing an unthinkable choice that would soon be the center of ...

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