5 Sunken Roman Ships Found near Italian Island Ventotene

Archaeologists found 5 ancient Roman shipwrecks off a small Italian island Ventotene. The sunken ships date from the 1st century BC to 5th century AD. The ships from the Roman-era are very well presevered as they lie untouched between 330 to 490 feet underwater. The discovery...

France claims historic Great Lakes wreck

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Maritime Law titled "Finders Keepers" is in effect, regardless what France states in their quest to recover a 400 year old ship which sank in US waters in the 17th century. It is an amazing...

Treasure Hunters Take to Sea to Start Salvage Season

" Today's the day," legendary treasure hunter Mel Fisher would say as he set out to sea each summer in search of the ocean's secrets. Before his death in 1998, he found more than $1 billion worth of treasure, including gold and silver bars, emeralds, coins and artifacts.As...

U.S. archeologists find possible mastodon carving on Lake Michigan rock

For those interested in Archeologists this could be a massive find in North America, uniting 10,000 year old Aboriginals to North America  with Mastadons thought to be believed not to inhabit Northern parts...

Exploring The Black Sea: DOERRI

I once wanted to be an archaeological oceanographer.  I imagined crawling into a small submersible with a few other scientists.  We would be wearing matching bright blue uniforms with a decal over our...

Old Mallory “Everest” Film Found in Tool Box

"I find it more than hard to believe, but Expedition News is reporting in their latest newsletter that Bill Warren found a 1924 Everest film at a yardsale...and the film shows Mallory & Irvine reaching the...

Researcher dies after Andrea Doria dive - Yahoo! News

Bright, of Flemington, N.J., resurfaced from a dive late Saturday with decompression sickness and went into cardiac arrest, according to the Coast Guard. He was pronounced dead at Cape Cod Hospital a short time later. Bright was a historian and an experienced technical diver...

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