In 2008, diamond miners in Namibia made a stunning discovery beneath the sand: a 500-year-old Portuguese ship. How did the treasure-laden Bom Jesus end up hidden in the shore?

As public interest in Florida’s deep history grows, it is time to recognize the citizens whose curiosity and dedication ...

These thirty remarkable discoveries from 2024-2025 represent only a fraction of the archaeological treasures emerging from soil, sand, and sea around the world. Each find adds another piece to the ...

Museums have spent decades trying to make the distant past feel alive. Audiovisual shows, touch screens and digital displays ...

Perhaps the most compelling historic site is the Old Burying Ground, established in the early 1700s and final resting place for soldiers from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, sea captains, and ...

Archaeologists confirm the existence of medieval ship after the unprecedented discovery of a well-preserved cog in Denmark.

A vast wooden hull resting in the silt off Copenhagen is forcing historians to rethink what a “typical” medieval merchant ...

The year's most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the ...

When thinking about items on a shipwreck, one might imagine a treasure chest full of coins, stack of gold bars, ship cargo or ...

The sturdy, well-built structure was likely constructed on dry land at a time when sea levels were much lower than they are ...