Thirty feet under the surface of the cold, murky Baltic Sea, Brendan Foley spotted something unusual in the wreckage of an ...

which oversees salvage matters for the world's most famous shipwreck. The withdrawal concluded the second of two legal battles in five years that the U.S. has waged against RMST, which also exhibits ...

Found in 1901 in a shipwreck off the coast of the island, it's considered one of the most significant technological artefacts of antiquity. The Antikythera shipwreck (circa 70–60 BCE ...

It’s a very personal thing. So whenever we get artifacts like this, we treat them with great respect," said Seib. Centuries ago, before indoor plumbing, people would use outhouses separate from ...

State and federal laws protect the shipwreck, meaning divers may not remove artifacts or structures when visiting the site. Removing, defacing, displacing, or destroying artifacts or sites is a ...

It notted that the firm no longer has expedition plans to the shipwreck that could break ... that has retrieved and exhibited the ship's artifacts. The U.S. filed its latest legal challenge ...

Hosted by celebrity auction house Julien’s Auction, the event includes dozens of pieces for bid, including 50 artifacts from the archive of famed music journalist Al Aronowitz. American folk ...

Legal and ethical concerns linger over preserving the deteriorating shipwreck and its artifacts. Listen to Story US ends legal case against Titanic salvage company Company has no current plans for new ...

The only company legally permitted to salvage artifacts from the Titanic has confirmed it will not return to the wreckage in 2025. The decision also ends a yearslong legal battle with the US ...

RMST has been the court-recognized steward of Titanic artifacts since it won salvage rights to the ship in 1994. The firm has recovered and conserved thousands of items, from silverware to a piece ...

The U.S. government has scrapped its litigation against the company that owns the salvage rights to the Titanic, noting that the firm no longer has dive plans to the shipwreck that could break ...