MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prehistoric skeleton has been found in an intricate underwater cave system along Mexico’s Caribbean coast, an area that flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, ...

A recently uncovered 14th century shipwreck with a huge cargo of Yuan Dynasty porcelain offers a window into the storied ...

Far beneath the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,000 kilometers off Portugal’s coast, lies a colossal underwater canyon system that dwarfs even the Grand Canyon. Known as the King’s Trough Complex, this ...

The stone apparently contributed to the ship’s demise. Based on the testimony of the first mate - the only one of eight on board the Clough to survive the sinking - the ship was blown over by a sudden ...

We had to work fast in the worst conditions I’ve ever encountered for archaeological fieldwork," said professor Kate Britton.

The steamer Lac La Belle, which was carrying passengers and cargo, sank in a storm in 1872. Eight people died when one of its ...

The discovery also brought closure to the group that spent over 10 years searching for the wreck and lost its founder during first dive to see it up close.

The wreck of the stone-hauling vessel is in the same area where the founder of the Cleveland Underwater Explorers died in ...

The "Lac La Belle" was discovered 20 miles off the coast of Wisconsin in 2022 after a fisherman offered shipwreck hunters a mysterious clue ...

A pivotal moment in China's underwater archeology came in 1987 when Cui was tasked with cataloging 247 artifacts from a sunken Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) commercial ship. More than 800 years ...

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An ancient skyscraper considered the seventh wonder of the world crumbled to ruin centuries ago. Now an ambitious archaeological project aims to reassemble it in 3-D. By Franz Lidz Towering over ...