Shipwrecks
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Czar's Booze Discovered on Ship Sunk by a U-Boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917Hundreds of bottles of cognac and Benedictine liqueur have been salvaged from a ship sunk by a German U-boat in the Baltic Sea in 1917.
By Tom Metcalfe Published
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17th-Century Dutch Smugglers' Shipwreck Comes to Life in Virtual RealityA virtual dive of a 17th-century shipwreck explores the remains of a ship used by the Dutch to secretly trade with Iceland.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Captain Cook's 'Endeavour' Shipwreck Possibly Discovered Off Rhode IslandIt sailed around the world in the 1700s and is considered one of the most famous research ships.
By Tom Metcalfe Published
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Divers Find 2,000-Year-Old Shipwreck Graveyard Near Tiny Greek IslandAncient sailors courted adventure and risked death on the Aegean Sea, as shown in five 2,000-year-old shipwrecks and a giant, granite anchor pole found near the Greek island of Levitha.
By Laura Geggel Published
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Perfectly Preserved Ancient Shipwreck Found in the Baltic Sea with Guns Ready to Fire"It’s almost like it sank yesterday"
By Yasemin Saplakoglu Published
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A Pair of Shipwrecked, WWII-Era Submarines Just Vanished from the Sea Near MalaysiaScavengers can make millions of dollars by selling the scrap metal from old shipwrecks — no matter how many human remains are desecrated in the process.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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First 'Undisturbed Roman Shipwreck' in Cyprus Just DiscoveredArchaeologists diving off the southeastern coast of Cyprus just discovered an ancient treasure: the first known "undisturbed Roman shipwreck" in the country's history.
By Laura Geggel Published
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Sonar Anomaly Leads to Discovery of 500-Year-Old Shipwreck in North SeaThe wreck was filled with a trove of copper.
By Tom Metcalfe Published
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Mariner's Astrolabe from 1503 Shipwreck Is World's OldestAn astrolabe found at a shipwreck site in Oman is the oldest one ever discovered.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
archaeology
