Ancient Cypriots may have chosen a sea route nearly twice as long as walking between two settlements in western Cyprus. A study suggests that moving heavy goods by boat could have required about the same energy as hauling them...
Archaeologists have uncovered a 4,700-year-old shipwreck in the Mediterranean that could be the world's oldest ever discovered, offering new evidence of ancient maritime trade. Found near Turkey's Kekova Island, known as Dolichiste in antiquity, the wreck dates to the...
Researchers have identified a 17th-century shipwreck off the coast of England using more than 400 gold coins pulled from the seabed. The wreck, found by divers in Salcombe Bay, Devon, turned out to be a Dutch trading ship called...
Maritime archaeologists in Denmark say they have identified the wreck of the warship Dannebroge, a command vessel and flagship in the Battle of Copenhagen that exploded and sank on April 2, 1801.
The find gives researchers the first direct archaeological...
An ancient shipwreck off the coast of Israel has revealed a rare cargo of raw iron from about 2,600 years ago, offering a new look at how iron moved through the eastern Mediterranean in the Iron Age. The find,...
Maritime archaeologists searching the waters near Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson have uncovered what may be the remains of a pirate shipwreck lost nearly 300 years ago. Among four newly discovered wrecks along North Carolina’s Cape Fear River, researchers believe one...
After more than two centuries underwater, the final resting place of Captain Cook’s lost ship has been confirmed off the coast of Rhode Island, bringing closure to a maritime mystery that spanned 250 years.
The vessel, known as the Endeavour...
A new study published in the Journal of Maritime Archeology links a shipwreck found near the coast of Kenya to explorer Vasco da Gama's final voyage. Indeed, this is one of eight known Portuguese shipwrecks from this specific time...
