Iron Age cargoes from Dor reveal how ancient Mediterranean trade evolved alongside shifting empires and political power. New ...

The Lake Michigan wreck of a cargo ship with close ties to Door County and Wisconsin that remained lost for 131 years until it was found in 2024 after a deliberate search is now on the National ...

Many centuries ago, someone was furious that their delivery didn’t show up. The reason for this logistical mishap wasn’t a ...

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 ...

The 1985 discovery of the RMS Titanic changed the field of maritime archaeology forever, proving that even deeply sunken ships could be found with the help of advanced technology in the form of ...

Most people can’t imagine stumbling upon one shipwreck, let alone three, but that’s just reality for boat tour guide Matt Olson. Over the last few years, Olson discovered two other shipwrecks—the Grey ...

The Great Lakes are loaded with shipwrecks. Thousands have been discovered over the years but, at the same time, there are still thousands hiding in the deep still awaiting discovery. Two schooners ...

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 pirate shipwreck from the 18th century is discovered off the coast of Madagascar with cargo worth $138 million.

The Edmund Fitzgerald vanished from the surface of Lake Superior 49 years ago this week. The ore carrier left behind an oil slick, debris and two empty lifeboats. It was an ominous ending — mysterious ...

Matt Olson, who owns a Wisconsin adventure rafting company, was looking for new locations to take his customers on Lake Michigan when he noticed something unusual. It was a submerged shipwreck. He ...

A boat tour guide discovered the remains of a massive shipwreck that had been missing for almost 140 years. Experts believe the wreck to be the remains of the Frank D. Barker—a schooner that sank ...