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 team conducted four research expeditions and identified ten shipwrecks and numerous significant
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 originally a part of the famous Temple of Zeus in Agrigento. Agrigento,
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 was home to hundreds of thousands of people has been identified and
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, Italy. After alerting Italy’s Culture Ministry, divers assigned to an art protection
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 the ship, and today, we finally have an answer to this question.
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 is a large, long, and narrow building with seven rooms. The intriguing
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 commercial transport ship was discovered in July 2020 after a diver reported
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A marvelous submerged ancient world can be found in the ancient port city of Thonis-Heracleion in the Bay of Aboukir off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. Beneath the waters lies the legendary lost kingdom of Cleopatra. 5th
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Back in February 2016, two divers stumbled upon the remains of a Roman shipwreck near Caesarea Maritima, Israel. A powerful storm had swept away the sand, revealing this hidden treasure. This was a rare peek
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Underwater archaeologists exploring the waters on the Western coast of Silicy have discovered dozens of ancient artifacts dating back to the Battle of the Egadi Islands. The find was made in the sea of Levanzo,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) and non-profit Silentworld Foundation have continued ongoing archaeological investigation of the wreck of South Australian, with recent research from a combined team of experts published in the journal Historical
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Underwater archaeologists report they have discovered the remains of an ancient sunken ship at a site in the Mediterranean Sea, roughly 650 meters from the beach of el-Alamein, Egypt. Image credit: Supreme Council of Antiquities
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Researchers have uncovered what may be Europe’s oldest settlement now located beneath the waters of Lake Ohrid, (the “Pearl of the Balkans.”). The Lake Ohrid in the mountains of Albania and North Macedonia is the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Medieval sword was found in the sea off the Carmel coast, and it probably fell into the water during a naval battle approximately 800 years ago. Swimmer Shlomi Katzin with the sword from the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of Swiss and Greek archaeologists recently completed the third season of excavations on the wreck of Antikythera. The expedition, which took place from May 19 to June 18, 2023, is part of a
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Our oceans hold many clues that could shed light on our ancient past. Beneath the waters are incredible prehistoric objects and ruins of long-gone civilizations. Underwater archaeologists have found submerged shipwrecks that show how ancient
