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Famed Roman Shipwreck Could Be Two

By Stephanie Pappas last updated 17 August 22

New secrets surface of the Antikythera shipwreck discovered a century ago.

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In Photos: Diving for Famed Antikythera Shipwreck

By Live Science Staff last updated 17 August 22

Researchers find more artifacts and possibly another sunken ship at the Antikythera site.

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This massive marble head found by the latest excavations at the Antikythera wreck site is thought to represent the Greek demigod Heracles. Here we see a diver underwater examining a very worn marble sculpture head.

Head of Hercules and other treasures found on Roman 'Antikythera Mechanism' shipwreck

By Tom Metcalfe last updated 17 August 22

The wreck of a Roman treasure ship that sank near a Greek island more than 2,000 years ago with the famous Antikythera Mechanism on board is giving up new relics.

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A scuba diver in deep dark water inspecting a sunken vessel.

Rare 400-year-old ship found in German river is a stunningly preserved 'time capsule'

By Tom Metcalfe last updated 11 August 22

The ship didn't capsize, but "sank almost standing."

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The view of the ship in the excavation pit from the bow

Medieval cargo ship unexpectedly found during construction work in Estonia

By Emily Staniforth published 29 April 22

A ship, uncovered by construction workers near Tallinn's Old Harbor in Estonia, is a rare find that can shed light on medieval shipbuilding.

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Shackleton's lost Endurance ship discovered beneath Antarctic sea

By Tom Metcalfe published 9 March 22

Ernest Shackleton's lost ice ship Endurance, which famously sank in 1915, has been rediscovered by searchers under Antarctica's Weddell Sea.

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The ships were raised from the depths by an underwater volcano.

WWII 'ghost ships' rise from Pacific after volcanic eruption

By Ben Turner published 27 October 21

Experts predict that the island of Iwo Jima could be on the verge of eruption.

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After 437 years on the sea bottom, about half of the Mary Rose's hull is now on display in Portsmouth in the U.K.

Henry VIII's favorite ship has a bacteria problem, and now scientists have ID'ed the culprits

By Mindy Weisberger published 27 October 21

Acid attacks from sulfur-producing bacteria could eat away at the preserved hull of a ship that was once the pride of King Henry VIII's armada, scientists recently discovered.

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