A groundbreaking discovery has been made off the coast of Portugal, where a Spanish shipwreck loaded with an astonishing 22 ...

The trial in Colombia involving treasure hunters determines Spain's sovereign immunity over the Carrera de Indias, amid the ...

Fleet was carrying gold, silver, pearls, diamonds, emeralds and other jewels when the 11 Spanish ships sank in a hurricane ...

In November, state agents arrested Eric Schmitt, of Fort Pierce, after discovering 50 gold coins had been stolen in 2015 from ...

Colombia Sued by US Treasure Hunters for Share of San José Shipwreck, Potentially the Largest Maritime Treasure in History.

A team of archaeologists in Argentina has pinpointed the location of the 1765 shipwreck of a Spanish merchant ship off the southern coast, officials said over the weekend. It is the oldest wrecked ...

A research team was dispatched to examine the wreck after members of the public reported the discovery but it could not be found.

But a group of experts who studied the wreck site between 2017 and 2019 found that the metal box was sinking and threatened to crush the shipwreck. In the summer of 2023, archaeologists began to ...

It is by far the oldest shipwreck ever found on the coast of ... likely to have been an early Portuguese wreck. Although the Spanish Empire left mountains of paperwork in its wake, a catastrophic ...

Underwater artifacts make up a small proportion of colonial-era heritage, but as their number increases, the time is ripe for ...

Academia Hernando is inviting adult learners to explore the fascinating history of Spanish shipwrecks off the Florida coastline with its upcoming Spring Lecture Series. The next lecture, titled ...