Underwater Discoveries Archive
Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ostrów Lednicki, the largest of five islands on Lake Lednica, located between Gniezno and Poznan in Poland, is of significant historical importance and
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The National Research Institute of Maritime Heritage (NRIMH) has announced the successful completion of a significant underwater archaeological project. South Korean archaeologists have retrieved
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncienPages.com - Lake Mezzano, situated in Tuscany, Italy, is a small volcanic crater lake that formed around 400,000 years ago. Historians associate it with the ancient
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Underwater Discoveries
Jan Barterk - AncientPages.com - A private salvage company has uncovered a remarkable find valued at over a million dollars on Florida's "Treasure Coast," enriching the narrative of
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Underwater Discoveries
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association (WUAA) is pleased to announce the discovery of the long-sought wreck of the schooner F.J. King, which foundered in
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A significant archaeological discovery was made off the coast of Adrasan, Kumluca, Turkey, where a cargo ship from the Late Hellenistic to Early
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Underwater Discoveries
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Last year, during underwater research in Lake Lednica (Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship), Polish archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University discovered a fragment of defensive
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 16th-century merchant ship more than 2.5 kilometers underwater off the coast of southern France. Credit: Drassm –
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Underwater Discoveries
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The 800-ton Dutch merchant sailing ship, Koning Willem de Tweede, was lost during a storm in 1857. Recently, marine archaeologists announced the discovery
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Throughout the world, countless stories passed down by our ancestors speak of ancient kingdoms, cities, and other fascinating places that remain elusive to
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Crannogs are fascinating structures built on artificial islands made of stone or timber in lochs. These sites first emerged around 6,000 years ago
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A team of underwater archaeologists has made a significant discovery in the Greek city of Asini, near Tolo, uncovering evidence of a submerged
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Underwater Discoveries
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Coastal and underwater caves in southern Sicily hold key clues about early human migration to the island, according to Washington University scientists' archaeological
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It is not uncommon for archaeologists to uncover submerged ancient ruins in the waters of Italy. However, these ancient structures are sometimes not
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Underwater Discoveries
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The wreckage of the Le Lyonnais, a French steamship that sank in 1856, was recently discovered off the coast of Massachusetts by Atlantic Wreck
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In a significant discovery near Kumluca, Antalya, in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Turkey, underwater archaeologists have retrieved
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In a surprising discovery off the California coast, two divers encountered a series of small objects initially mistaken for rocks on the seafloor.
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Spanish galleon San José, a vessel of significant historical and monetary value, was sunk by the British navy in 1708 near Cartagena,
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeological exploration of the submerged city of Baiae in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, has yielded a significant discovery on the seabed. The Roman
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The discovery of a settlement approximately 100 meters from the Israeli coastline has yielded significant archaeological findings. This site, dating back more than
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Maritime historians from the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association have made a significant discovery using historical records and high-resolution side-scanning sonar technology. They have
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Underwater Discoveries
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 19th-century sunken shipwreck full of champagne bottles, mineral water, wine, and porcelain was found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Image
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The recent underwater archaeological discovery in the Nile River near Aswan, Egypt, has revealed significant historical artifacts. A joint French-Egyptian diving expedition uncovered
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The underwater archaeological survey conducted in June 2024 at Chengene Skele Bay, near Burgas, Bulgaria, has yielded significant findings. The expedition, led by
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Underwater Discoveries
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A 3, 300-year-old shipwreck with intact amphorae was found 90 km offshore at 1. 8 km depth in the Mediterranean Sea. Image credit:
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The end of the last Ice Age 11,700 years ago resulted in widespread global flooding due to melting ice and rising sea levels.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Historic shipwrecks are often associated with the possibility of discovering submerged treasures on the ocean floor. However, for the Cornell research team investigating
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Maritime archaeologists from Bournemouth University have made a remarkable discovery by recovering two Medieval grave slabs submerged at the bottom of Studland Bay
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Underwater Discoveries
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The wreck of the Quest, the last ship belonging to the renowned Irish-born British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, has been discovered off the
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Osmond wreck (Osmundvraket), a remarkable discovery from the 1550s, sheds light on the thriving iron trade during the reign of Gustav Vasa in
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered a remarkable Roman-era structure submerged near the Campo di Mare coastline on Italy's western coast. The submerged building on the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In the waters surrounding Šćedro Island, an extraordinary discovery has been made – a completely preserved, previously undiscovered shipwreck dating back to the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Life on the Edge project, a collaborative effort between the University of Bradford's Submerged Landscapes Research Centre and the Faculty of Humanities and
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Underwater Discoveries
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The goal of this underwater scientific expedition is to preserve history. Image Credit : University of Warwick The expedition wants to uncover the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists from the National Park Service have discovered the archeological remnants of HMS Tyger, a British warship from the 18th century, within Dry
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Underwater archaeologists researching the Island of Kasos have made remarkable discoveries. In collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, the Hellenic National Research Foundation science
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Underwater archaeologists exploring the depths off the coast of Sicily have made a remarkable discovery. They found an exquisite marble fragment that was
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Earth Changes
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Some already call it Australia's lost Atlantis, but it is not quite the mythical underwater city Plato mentions. A large underwater site that
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A diver who caught a glimpse of something metallic found tens of thousands of ancient bronze coins just off shore Sardinia, near Arzachena,
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The steamship Africa vanished without a trace on a stormy October night in 1895. For 128 years, many wondered what had happened to
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Underwater archaeologists conducting surveys off the coast of Salamis have found an ancient Greek building and magnificent marble treasures. According to reports, it
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A historical shipwreck has been successfully recovered from the seabed off the coast of Misiliscemi in the Trapani area, Sicily. The 11-meter-long Roman
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