An underwater archaeologist has identified around 250 treasure-filled shipwrecks along the coasts of mainland Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira, potentially holding tons of gold and silver beneath the ...

A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the oldest surviving Christian hymn with musical notation — and was rewritten by ...

For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

Scientists discovered a 480-million-year-old phosphatic sponge in South China, making it the oldest known stromatoporoid and ...

The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. Here are some facts you might not have known about the ship, its crew, and the discovery of the ship.

Millvina Dean was 9 weeks old when the Titanic sank 113 years ago. She was the last living survivor of the ship and died in ...

This 301-year-old Hvar shipwreck was first discovered at a depth of 40 metres back in 1986, when archaeologists were investigating a much older (ancient) shipwreck.

The 400-year-old wreck of a cargo ship from the Hanseatic period of trade in the Baltic Sea, complete with the barrels of ...

Based on preliminary investigations, the police do not suspect foul play. After not seeing his 77-year-old neighbour for more ...