The billion-dollar shipwreck at the center of an international legal war: It’s ‘the greatest sunken treasure in the history of humanity’

More than a decade after it was found, a centuries-old Spanish treasure ship worth billions remains nearly untouched on the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Discovered the ‘Holy Grail’ of Shipwrecks a Decade Ago. Now, They’re Finally Beginning to Unravel the Secrets of the ‘San José’

A new book by author Julian Sancton explores the lengthy quest to find the Spanish galleon—and the political firestorm that ...
The Art Newspaper

Florida coin hoard worth $1m resurfaces debate over treasure hunting

Recent discoveries have renewed archaeologists’ concerns that a shipwreck-salvage company has exclusive rights to artefacts aboard a sunken 1715 fleet ...
Northwestern Media

Sunken treasure? Archeologists discover shipwreck while searching for another near Oshkosh

The Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association were using sonar to search the Fox River in Oshkosh in spring 2025. Researchers were expecting to locate the Berlin ...
Erie Reader

What's at the Bottom of Lake Erie?

The Lake Erie mapping project is part of a larger project, sponsored by NOAA, titled Lakebed 2030. The project aims to fully ...
MLive

Glass-bottom boat tours offer shipwreck views without getting wet

ALPENA, MI – Don’t want to dive into the chilly Lake Huron but do want to see sunken shipwrecks? No problem. This bucket list glass-bottom boat tour gives you a glimpse of shallow shipwrecks in ...

How several nonprofits are working to clean up wrecked, sunken boats in Oakland Estuary

Within a few minutes of moving down the estuary from Jack London Square, it started looking like something out of Pirates of ...

Ghosts of the deep—discover the lost legends of Bermuda’s seas

Scattered across coral-strewn reefs and sunken cliffs, Bermuda’s centuries-old shipwrecks beckon explorers to uncover ...
New York Post

Researchers accidentally discover Civil War-era shipwreck while exploring murky Wisconsin river

Wisconsin researchers recently discovered a 145-year-old shipwreck in a murky river – and it was a complete surprise. The Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association (WUAA), the organization that led ...