Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We imagine the ancient world as one made of stone. Marble temples, megalithic structures, and rock-hewn tombs dominate the modern ...

Across the world’s continental shelves, archaeologists are racing a rising tide of development and climate change to map and ...

A detailed investigation of a wooden shipwreck discovered off the Mazandaran coast in southern Iran has shed light on maritime trade in the Caspian Sea. This wooden vessel likely dates to the late ...

A cargo ship lying at the bottom of the sea off the Belgian coast has been fitted with a new treasure chest: a stash of rare flat oysters. Molluscs have mostly disappeared from the North Sea due to ...

Experts brought to the surface the first treasures from the 1700s Spanish galleon the San José. Considered the Holy Grail of shipwrecks, the Colombian government is planning to preserve these first ...

Eighty-seven celadon bowls dating back 900 years have been found in a shipwreck, preserved almost as new under the mud of the ...

A diver inspects the ancient Zambratija boat during a 2013 excavation. (all photos © Philippe Groscaux/Mission Adriboats/CNRS/CCJ; courtesy CNRS) European ...

Divers have discovered a 19th-century shipwreck off the coast of Sweden well-stocked with booze, including about 100 bottles of Champagne. The Polish diving group Baltictech, which routinely scours ...

We imagine the ancient world as one made of stone. Marble temples, megalithic structures, and rock-hewn tombs dominate the modern image of the pre-modern period. That image is, of course, an ...