Underwater Discoveries Archive
Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - For thousands of years, humans have used various waterproofing materials on ships and boats to protect them from seawater and marine organisms. However, research
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An underwater archaeological excavation is underway in Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland, where the remains of a Roman cargo from a ship that sank nearly 2,000
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Underwater Discoveries
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Historical structures estimated to be around 2,400 years old have been photographed underwater in the Egil district of Diyarbakir, in southeastern Türkiye. Egil
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A significant underwater archaeological discovery has been made at Ptolemais, a coastal city of ancient Cyrenaica in what is now northeastern Libya. Archaeologists have
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Underwater Discoveries
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Lost beneath the waves, the ancient underwater world of Doggerland once stretched across Northern Europe, cloaked in rich, habitable forests even during the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Maritime archaeologists from Bournemouth University are currently excavating timbers from a suspected 17th-century shipwreck that surfaced on a beach following winter storms. The remains
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Underwater Discoveries
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - For centuries, the waters near Copenhagen have concealed a remarkable secret, one that has now come to light thanks to the dedicated efforts
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A significant underwater discovery has been made off the coast of western France, where divers have uncovered a wall estimated to be 7,000 years
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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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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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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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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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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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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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