Submerged in Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria, Thonis-Heracleion was a major Egyptian port city linking Mediterranean trade with ...

The Sein Island submerged stone structures include a football-field-long granite wall off Brittany that dates back more than ...

Across the world’s continental shelves, archaeologists are racing a rising tide of development and climate change to map and ...

Iron Age cargoes from Dor reveal how ancient Mediterranean trade evolved alongside shifting empires and political power. New ...

Since its designation in 2021, the sanctuary has launched initiatives for underwater mapping, shipwreck documentation and ...

The wreck was identified in 1900 but sat unexplored until scientists developed a strategy. During an expedition spanning from May 17 until June 20 of this year, marine archaeologists working with the ...

Maritime archaeologists from Denmark's Viking Ship Museum have unearthed an extraordinary find beneath the waters near Copenhagen - the largest medieval cog ever discovered. The 600-year-old vessel ...

Marine archaeologists have identified 10 shipwrecks, including one from the Roman era, in the waters around a Greek island in the Mediterranean. The finds came to light during a multiyear project ...

Marine geophysical surveys have become indispensable for the investigation and mapping of the seafloor and its shallow sub-surface, while archaeological prospection techniques enable the detection, ...

Maritime archaeology is an interdisciplinary field that investigates submerged cultural heritage and shipwreck sites through the integration of archaeological methods, materials science, and advanced ...

These thirty remarkable discoveries from 2024-2025 represent only a fraction of the archaeological treasures emerging from soil, sand, and sea around the world. Each find adds another piece to the ...

James Delgado, Director of the Maritime Heritage Program at NOAA, weighs the pros and cons of using robotics as a means of marine exploration. James Delgado, Director of the Maritime Heritage Program ...