Around 65 B.C.E., a 165-foot-long commercial boat, illustrated above, sank near the island of Antikythera on the western side of the Sea of Crete. Its wreckage was found in 1900. (Credit: Joe McKendry ...

What technology could change the way we learn about shipwrecks 05:06. A new survey of an iconic ancient shipwreck off the coast of Greece has revealed new treasures — and the remains of a second ...

The Antikythera mechanism, shown here in this computer reconstruction, was about the size of a shoebox, with dials on its exterior and an intricate system of 30 or so bronze gear wheels inside.

More than a century ago, a group of sponge divers discovered the remains of a sunken cargo ship near the island, which contained a treasure trove of antiquities, including coins, jewelry ...

Colombia is working to speed up the recovery of as much as $20 billion of sunken treasure from a centuries-old shipwreck as a U.S. company sues for half of the findings.

The lure of sunken treasure under the waves has wreck-hunting salvage investigators scouring the sea beds to make their millions – but ownership of the lustrous loot is always hotly contested ...

In 1900, sponge divers working near the Greek island of Antikythera accidentally discovered a 2,000-year-old shipwreck. A new excavation hopes to uncover the secrets still buried within the ship.

A mission to recover a three-century-old sunken ship believed to be holding $20 billion worth of treasure has been launched by the Colombian government. Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered ...

If you’ve been to Cocoa Beach recently you may have noticed some commotion offshore. What are they trying to recover from the ocean? Sadly, it’s not a sunken pirate ship loaded with treasure ...

In September 2014, scientists explored the 2,000-year-old Antikythera shipwreck, looking for sunken statues, gold jewelry and other ancient artifacts lost in the Agean Sea.

The Titanic. Sometimes the shipwreck itself is the treasure. Everyone knows the story of how the “unsinkable” Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage on April 15, 1912, and unfathomably ...