Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A submerged prehistoric settlement on the Black Sea coast, has been discovered by underwater archaeologists. The settlement was inhabited around 1,000 years earlier (going back to the Chalcolithic (Copper Age) than previously believed, and is
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The shipwreck that in the 1850’s carried Mayan people into slavery has been identified by archaeologists of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). The wreck of the Cuban-based paddle-wheel steamboat was found in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Marine archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum have found the last of the three wrecked warships from the ‘Battle of the Fehmarnbelt’ in 1644. On a cool October day in 1644, the Danish Navy suffered
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The underwater remains of a 1,500-year-old basilica in honor of St. Neophytos has re-emerged from a lake due to the effects of a drought in the region of the Iznik district of the province of Bursa,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of volunteer Finnish divers accidentally discovered the Dutch 17th-century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea water at 85 meters depth. The wreck reveals many of the characteristics of the fluit. Badewanne.fi The wreck od
AncientPages.com – New details from the successful search for the three-century old San José ship, called the “holy grail of shipwrecks,” have been released by WHOI (the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. “We’ve been holding this under wraps out of respect for
AncientPages.com – A 7,000-year -old Native American underwater burial site has been discovered off the coast of Florida, near the Venice shoreline. Archaeologists now hope this discovery leads to more knowledge and a greater understanding of Florida’s early peoples. “Seeing a
AncientPages.com – Swedish Maritime divers discovered two shipwrecks, including one possibly dating back to the 14th century. Occasionally old vessels are found in the Baltic Sea’s graveyard with at least 100 intact old shipwrecks resting on the seabed. Most of them
AncientPages.com – For the first time in thousands of years, sacred Mayan underwater tunnels in Mexico’s Yucatan are being rediscovered, say researchers from Mexico’s National Anthropology and History Institute (INAH). In the tunnel-like caves, INAH researchers have discovered human bones, and
AncientPages.com – Two years ago, researchers from Japan discovered pillars of an underwater structure in Japan’s largest freshwater lake – Lake Biwako. Now, an ancient, almost intact pottery urn has been discovered by an underwater robot used by researchers led
AncientPages.com – Three shipwrecks packed with stunning artifacts dating back to the Roman era have been found underwater on the seabed of northern coastal province of Alexandria. The findings include a votive bark, or boat, depicting Egyptian god Osiris and a crystal
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists continue to analyze the old remains of the Danish medieval warship “Gribshunden” (Griffin-Hound), discovered at the bottom of the sea off the Swedish coast. In 2016, a group of divers transported parts of the ship, including the colorful figurehead, back
AncientPages.com – The 2,700-year-old ceramic sculpture of a Cypriot goddess was discovered off the coast of the Bozburun, in the western province of Muğla’s Marmaris, Turkey. The sculpture is probably the biggest one in the history of Turkish underwater history. Researchers
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists believe they may have found a submerged seaside palace built more than 2,200 years ago by China’s first emperor, Ying Zheng, mainland media reports. The building, thought to date back to the Qin dynasty (221-207BC), was discovered under
AncientPages.com – The wreck of an ancient ship has been discovered off the coast of Salento. It is believed the wreck dates back to either the 12th or 13th century. The sunken ship, made almost entirely of wood and measuring 18 metres by
AncientPages.com – In Greece, underwater excavations of Lechaion, ancient Corinth’s partially submerged harbour town, reveal the infrastructure of more than a thousand years of flourishing maritime trade. Researchers from the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports and the University of
