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  1. Shipwrecks - News and Scientific Articles on Live Science | Live Science

    Dec 13, 2025 · The most famous shipwreck in history is probably the Titanic, which lies on the seafloor in the North Atlantic Ocean. But shipwrecks are as old as sea voyages, and sunken ships have been …

  2. 32 haunting shipwrecks from the ancient world - Live Science

    Jun 9, 2024 · Shipwrecks can reveal information about traded goods and even which rituals people partook in centuries ago. Here's a look at shipwrecks from ancient times found around the world.

  3. Scientists realize 'Viking' shipwreck is something else entirely

    Mar 5, 2025 · A more than 500-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Sweden isn't a Viking vessel after all, scientists have found.

  4. Mayday! 22 mysterious shipwrecks you can see on Google Earth

    Aug 20, 2024 · This shipwreck is wasting away off the southwest coast of Nuuk, Greenland. Ship skeleton off Cape Cod (Image credit: Google) The outline of a shipwreck can still be seen on Cape …

  5. Scientists pull up first riches from 'Holy Grail of shipwrecks' that ...

    Nov 28, 2025 · The shipwreck is considered to be one of the richest in the world and has rested at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea since 1708.

  6. 300-year-old pirate-plundered shipwreck that once held 'eyewatering ...

    Jul 3, 2025 · Researchers think a shipwreck off Madagascar was a Portuguese treasure ship captured by pirates in 1721.

  7. Gold coins from 'world's richest shipwreck' reveal 300-year-old ...

    Jun 9, 2025 · New details of gold coins found off the coast of Colombia around the "world's richest shipwreck" verify they are from the Spanish galleon San José, a treasure ship that sank in 1708 …

  8. 17th-century pirate 'corsair' shipwreck discovered off Morocco's ...

    Aug 5, 2024 · Archaeology 17th-century pirate 'corsair' shipwreck discovered off Morocco's Barbary Coast News By Tom Metcalfe published August 5, 2024

  9. Archaeologists locate 'La Fortuna,' a Spanish ship that exploded in ...

    Aug 13, 2025 · A large section of the possible La Fortuna shipwreck sits on a North Carolina beach. (Image credit: ECU Program in Maritime Studies)

  10. The 20 Most Mysterious Shipwrecks Ever - Live Science

    Nov 15, 2017 · From the Antikythera, which held what may be the oldest computer, to a treasure-filled vessel, these shipwrecks are obscured not only by ocean waves, but by mysterious circumstances.