Shipwrecks, Treasure, Hoards, and Finds From Around the World

A retired couple could stand trial in France for selling gold from a French ship sunk in 1746. By Jeff Williams Gold, shipwrecks, and an international legal storm. A maritime mystery decades in the making

Image Credit: A Remarkably Intact 16th-Century Shipwreck Just Surfaced Off Sweden’s Coast. Image credit: Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP The most exciting shipwreck discovery in recent years has just been unearthed off the Swedish coast, and

TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition offers the only opportunity to see real Titanic artifacts recovered directly from the debris field. This collection offers public access to the only authentic, direct, and most comprehensive connection to the

Image: A sampling of artifacts recovered from the Titanic. Which artifacts would be put up for auction has not been made public. Credit: R.M.S. Titanic Inc. By Marc Davis More than a century after the

Check out Bob’s latest Treasure Talk: Episode 14 Part 2 — The Inhabitants that move on Finest Known. Fleet Society member Bob Evans (member #78) of S.S. Central America fame has embarked on a new project in the world

Check out Bob’s latest Treasure Talk: Episode 14 Part 1 — The Treasure Inhabitants on Finest Known. Fleet Society member Bob Evans (member #78) of S.S. Central America fame has embarked on a new project in the world of

By Sam Helmy The wreck of the Whydah Gally has cast serious doubt on allegations of historical fraud by African merchants. The discovery was made through a new scientific analysis of gold recovered from the

Image: The mission has retrieved some of the deepest objects ever recovered from a wreck in France, Thibaud MORITZ By Viken Kantarci Deep below the surface of the Mediterranean off the French coast, the pincer

Fresh documents from a Justice Department lawsuit—and compelling witness accounts—revive doubts about what really happened when the FBI swooped into a site thought to hide $500 million in treasure. By David Howard Late afternoon light

Image: Gold from a Colombian drug cartel mine. Federico Rios for The New York Times By Sam Sifton Gold standards Investors buy gold when the world seems unstable — when people worry about stocks and