The sediment that preserved the wreckage also made its recovery challenging. Tactics used to free the artifacts had to be strong enough to loosen them yet gentle enough not to turn them into ruins.

Florida officials and FBI recover $1 million worth of stolen gold coins from 1715 shipwreck - Spanish treasure ships sank off ...

The FWC worked with historical preservation experts, including Mel Fisher-Abt. to authenticate and appraise the recovered ...

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A treasure trove of ancient Egyptian and Grecian artifacts has been uncovered in sunken temples in a mysterious underwater city off the coast of Egypt. A team of archaeologists made the discovery ...

POZZUOLI, Italy (WKRC) - Archaeologists recently discovered a sunken temple that they believe ... a temple somewhere in the area due to finding artifacts and relics that likely originated in ...

(CNN) — The icy extremes of Earth have long beckoned explorers with the promise of discovering uncharted territory. The challenges of reaching such unforgiving destinations stirred excitement in ...