The most famous shipwreck in history is probably the Titanic, which lies on the seafloor in the North Atlantic Ocean. But shipwrecks are as old as sea voyages, and sunken ships have been found at the seafloor all over the world, from ancient Greek vessels in the Mediterranean to Civil War battle ships off the U.S. East Coast. Divers look for shipwrecks to salvage valuable artifacts and to learn more about past cultures. Read about the latest shipwreck discoveries and see pictures of sunken ships below.
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First shipwrecks linked to real pirates of the Caribbean found in BahamasIn a first, underwater archaeologists in the Bahamas have discovered three shipwrecks associated with the Golden Age of Piracy off the coast of Nassau.
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More doomed Franklin expedition sailors identified, revealing clues about how they tried to find safetyDNA from living descendants of relatives have allowed four members of the ill-fated Franklin expedition to be identified.
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Divers find marble treasure from Athens' Acropolis in Lord Elgin's shipwrecked brig at the bottom of the Aegean SeaDivers investigating a shipwrecked brig once owned by Lord Elgin have discovered an overlooked piece of marble from the Acropolis in Athens.
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2,400-year-old fingerprint from mysterious sea raider found preserved on Scandinavia's oldest plank boatAn ancient fingerprint and several chemical clues from a 2,400-year-old sea raiders' boat are revealing secrets about where some mysterious attackers came from during the Iron Age.
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2,000-year-old shipwreck may be Egyptian 'pleasure barge' from last dynasty of pharaohsArchaeologists diving off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, have discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old "pleasure barge" from the time of the Ptolemaic period.
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Divers recover more than 1,000 gold and silver coins from 1715 'Treasure Fleet' shipwreck in FloridaSalvage work on the 1715 shipwrecks brought over 1,000 coins to the surface this summer.
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Archaeologists locate 'La Fortuna,' a Spanish ship that exploded in 1748 along North Carolina's coastFour shipwrecks newly discovered on the North Carolina coast date to colonial times, including one that blew up during an attack.
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300-year-old pirate-plundered shipwreck that once held 'eyewatering treasure' discovered off MadagascarResearchers think a shipwreck off Madagascar was a Portuguese treasure ship captured by pirates in 1721.
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'Pirate' shipwrecks that sank in 1710 off Costa Rica are actually remains of Danish slave shipsTwo shipwrecks off Costa Rica were long thought to be the remains of pirate ships, but new analyses reveal that they were actually Danish ships that took part in the transatlantic slave trade.
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