In 1900, sponge divers hiding from a storm found a machine underwater that changed what we know about ancient GreeceA routine sponge diving trip near Antikythera in 1900 led to the discovery of an ancient shipwreck. Among its treasures were corroded bronz...
25 May, 2026, 04.34 PM IST
What a Turkish diver found underwater in 1982 became one of the most important shipwreck discoveries in Mediterranean archaeologyA Turkish sponge diver's discovery of "metal biscuits with ears" in 1982 led to the unearthing of the Uluburun wreck, a remarkably intact L...
13 May, 2026, 04.28 PM IST
Construction workers uncovered six centuries old shipwrecks buried beneath the same siteAn ordinary infrastructure project in Sweden has unearthed an extraordinary past. Six shipwrecks, dating from the Middle Ages to the 17th c...
08 May, 2026, 04.18 PM IST
Scientists Studied an Ancient Roman Shipwreck and Found a 2,200-Year-Old Portal to the PastA Roman shipwreck, Ilovik-Parzine 1, discovered off Croatia, has revealed ancient waterproofing techniques through a new study. Analysis of...
29 Apr, 2026, 05.49 PM IST
Could this Titanic survivor’s life vest sell for nearly $500K at auction? Here's what you need to knowA life vest worn by Titanic survivor Laura Mabel Francatelli is up for auction. Francatelli, a first-class passenger, survived the 1912 dis...
15 Apr, 2026, 08.20 PM IST
Buried in Sicily’s Shallow Waters: How a 2,500-Year-Old Greek Shipwreck Is Revealing the Secrets of Mediterranean TradeIn 2025, archaeologists discovered a remarkably preserved ancient Greek merchant vessel off the coast of Sicily, dating back to the 6th or ...
14 Mar, 2026, 03.04 PM IST
Mystery of The Western Reserve: How a 132-year-old ghost ship was finally found beneath the ‘shipwreck coast’?The shipwreck of The Western Reserve, which disappeared in Lake Superior 132 years ago, has been found using advanced sonar technology. The...
12 Mar, 2025, 07.39 PM IST
Archeological artifacts recovered from 5,000 feet under sea. Will China use these items to claim South China Sea?Chinese authorities have recovered 890 pieces of artifacts from the sea bed, 5000 feet under water. These include copper coins, porcelain a...
15 Jun, 2024, 08.58 PM IST
Millions of gold coins, jewelry buried in the Caribbean Sea. US, or Colombia, who will take it home?Millions of gold coins, chests full of jewels and gold, and more than 600 passengers were on the ship 'San Jose' when an English squadron i...
27 May, 2024, 06.56 PM IST
Ship sank in 1940 found in the icy depths of Lake Superior. Know what happened and how captain went down with ArlingtonThe Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has said in a release that at about 4:30 a.m. on May 1, 1940, the Arlington started to sink an...
14 Feb, 2024, 08.03 PM IST
Colombia to recover San Jose’s ‘Holy Grail of Shipwrecks’ with treasure worth $20 billion; Who will claim it all?First uncovered in 2015 reportedly by Colombian navy divers, the San Jose rests nearly 3,100 feet underwater.
08 Nov, 2023, 09.47 AM IST
Colombia's quest for a multi-billion-dollar sunken treasure amid legal disputeColombia faces a legal quagmire in its quest to recover the Spanish galleon San José, a sunken treasure valued at up to $20 billion. Presid...
06 Nov, 2023, 11.05 PM IST
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio join forces again for 'The Wager'"The Wager" is a period piece set in the early 1740s, recounting the incredible journey of a makeshift vessel that washes ashore in Brazil....
16 Oct, 2023, 10.28 PM IST
Two rare shipwrecks near ‘Isle of Wight’ get protected statusThe two shipwrecks were discovered to belong to the 17th and 18th centuries. The wrecks were among the 240 additions to the National Herita...
15 Dec, 2022, 09.23 PM IST
Colombia discovers two historical shipwrecks in CaribbeanThe San Jose galleon, thought by historians to be carrying treasure that would be worth billions of dollars, sank in 1708 near Colombia's C...
10 Jun, 2022, 03.50 PM IST
- First images of historic San Francisco shipwreck released
The immigrant steamship had capsized over 100 years ago in San Francisco, killing 128 people, mostly immigrants from China and Japan.
14 Dec, 2014, 04.10 PM IST
RMG acquires iconic Gibsons archive shipwrecks collection at Sotheby's auctionThe Gibson family said, "We're delighted that the archive has gone to such a good home. It was always important to share these wonderful im...
13 Nov, 2013, 05.18 PM IST