World’s oldest intact shipwreck found in Black Sea
A team of researchers from England and Bulgaria have found the world’s oldest known intact shipwreck. The Greek trading vessel was found lying on its side off the coast of Bulgaria. It dates back to around 400 BCE, making it more than 2,400 years old. Yet it is almost perfectly…
Oregon’s “Beeswax” wreck is still giving up its secrets
Sometime in 1693-94, a Spanish galleon washed up on an Oregon beach. More than 300 years later, researchers are searching archives in Spain to learn more about it. Today, one archaeologist and his team feel sure that the ship was the Santo Cristo de Burgos. It went missing after leaving…
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