Historic tunnel surprise: Six shipwrecks spanning centuries were uncovered during Sweden's Varberg Tunnel railway construction, revealing diverse designs and histories. Remarkable preservation: The ...

A shipwreck off the Greek island Antikythera revealed in 1901 a bronze mechanism over 2,000 years old that tracked lunar and ...

A rare Bronze Age sword believed to be about 3,000 years old has been discovered by divers investigating underwater ...

More than a century after ships that carried Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott embarked on their historic journeys, ...

In 1229, James I of Aragon—the longest-serving Iberian monarch in history—conquered Majorca and also seized Ibiza six years ...

Authorities say a boat carrying about 60 migrants, including women and children, bound for European shores capsized off the ...

A cluster of ancient shipwrecks off the northeastern coast of Libya is shedding new light on the harbor of Ptolemais (Greek: Πτολεμαΐς), a 2,300-year-old Greek city that once served as a major ...

Meteorological tsunamis likely sank the 13th-century trading vessels, whose cargo included objects from both Christian ...

People visit an exhibition of archaeological discoveries from the shipwreck at Huaguang Reef, Xisha Islands, at the China (Hainan) Museum of The South China Sea in Qionghai, south China's Hainan ...

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the state owns a ship that sank in Somes Sound (show above) more than 125 years ago. Credit: Aislinn Sarnacki / BDN file A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the ...

The Great Lakes are a network of freshwater lakes located in eight states — Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Combined, they have a surface area of ...

Why do shipwrecks hold such an irresistible lure? Jo Arnold’s “The Atlas of Shipwrecks” (Wide Eyed Editions, 80 pages, $24.99), illustrated by Philip Harris, attempts to answer that question with an ...