After a 30-year search, Cuban American archaeologist and filmmaker Roger Dooley discovered the Holy Grail of Shipwrecks, with a treasure worth billions.

Archaeologists are used to finding fragments of artifacts. They often piece together objects from ancient civilizations like a jigsaw puzzle. So the discovery of a complete vehicle is a wonderful ...

When thinking about items on a shipwreck, one might imagine a treasure chest full of coins, stacks of gold bars, ship cargo or passengers' personal belongings. But inside some wrecks lie even rarer ...

A Canadian dive team scouring Lake Ontario for a shipwreck discovered far more than they expected. The team was diving to find a 1917 wrecked ship, but instead believe they stumbled on a vessel ...

For centuries, the Chesapeake Bay has been Maryland’s restless storyteller — its depths said to hold pirate gold, lost souls, and even a lurking sea monster known as Chessie. Rumors still circulate ...

The team diving in Lake Ontario stumbled upon a completely intact shipwreck — with its masts still standing — that could date back to the early 1800s, giving them insight into an era of Great Lakes ...

A cannon, three coins and a porcelain cup were among the first objects Colombian scientists recovered from the depths of the Caribbean Sea where the mythical Spanish galleon San José sank in 1708 ...

Colombian scientists also retrieved three coins and a porcelain cup from the San José, which treasure hunters have come to call the Holy Grail of shipwrecks. By Rylee Kirk The government of Colombia ...

Scientists in Colombia have recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup and a cannon from a Spanish warship that sank three centuries ago. They are the first artifacts to be salvaged from a ...