In Namibia’s remote Sperrgebiet—a name that translates from German as “forbidden zone”—miners looking for diamonds stumbled ...

What are you doing if you found $1,000,000 of Spanish treasure?

For centuries, pirates lay in wait behind Land's End in Cabo San Lucas, waiting to attack richly laden Spanish galleons.

Some local roadside attractions can be seen from major highways while others require a little driving off the beaten path to ...

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

A failed attempt by the French to settle on Parris Island in Beaufort County led directly to what is arguably the first ...

Blake Baker, a 25-year-old from Brazil, Indiana, is the First Mate and lead driver on the research vessel The Dare, searching ...

Pieces once traded during the Greek and Roman eras or salvaged from Spanish shipwrecks continue to be popular with artisans ...

Colombian scientists also retrieved three coins and a porcelain cup from the San José, which treasure hunters have come to ...

The recovery is part of a scientific investigation that the government authorized last year to study the wreckage and the ...

Colombian scientists recovered the first items of an 18 Century shipwreck in the Caribbean sea with a treasure worth billions ...

Called the “Holy Grail of shipwrecks,” the Spanish galleon San José sank in 1708 after it was attacked by an English navy ...