Across the world’s continental shelves, archaeologists are racing a rising tide of development and climate change to map and protect drowned landscapes that once held thriving communities. What was ...

Archaeologists found a 300 ton shipwreck that is the largest vessel of its kind ever found in the Baltic region.

Aug. 23—The Flathead Maritime Archaeology Project continues to look at what lies at the bottom of Flathead Lake and Lead Marine Archaeologist Calvin Mires is returning to Bigfork to give an update.

Long before satellites and sonar, entire cities vanished beneath water—some swallowed by earthquakes, others ...

A new study refines radiocarbon dating of marine remains and significantly improves the precision with which the human past ...

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 ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has awarded a team of researchers from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and UC San Diego for ...

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 ...

Today, Tseung is chairman of the Institute of Hong Kong Underwater Archaeology Research. He's heard the story of the Nanhai ...

Underwater archaeology is a multidisciplinary field dedicated to the discovery, recording and preservation of submerged cultural heritage. This branch of archaeology not only unravels historical ...

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, ...