Maritime Archaeology

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This article explains what is currently known about the Titanic wreck and surviving photographs, artifacts, and footage, focusing on preservation status and documented facts. Th...

history-archaeology

Treasure found in Florida spans centuries of maritime trade, wartime wrecks, and colonial history, producing some of the most documented recoveries in U.S. waters. The state’s...

History and Maritime Heritage

Interior pictures of the Titanic capture the scale, craftsmanship, and tragic history of the ocean liner that sank in April 1912. These photographs, taken during the ship’s co...

maritime heritage

America’s greatest sunken treasure is an ambiguous phrase commonly used to describe either historically significant archaeological wreck sites or high-value precious metal car...

maritime-archaeology

Blackbeard’s real sunken pirate ship refers to the wreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), discovered in 1996 offshore North Carolina. This flagship of the notorious pirate...

Celebrity Profiles

The underwater pictures of the Titanic reveal a detailed view of the wreck on the Atlantic seafloor, about 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) below the surface. Captured through sonar m...

Celebrity Profiles

Paul Ehorn is a maritime archaeologist known for work that clarifies historic ship losses and improves underwater heritage practice. This overview explains the context, methods,...

maritime-archaeology

When shipwrecks are discovered, the finding typically begins with faint anomalies on sonar or satellite data that later prove to be centuries-old vessels on the seafloor. Modern...

Celebrity Profiles

A Titanic expert investigates the history, design, sinking, and legacy of the RMS Titanic through archival research, forensic analysis, and maritime archaeology. Experts may spe...

history

The Santa Maria was the largest of Christopher Columbus’s three ships on the 1492 voyage that crossed the Atlantic under the Spanish flag. In the early hours of December 25, 1...