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

Image credit: Samuel Scott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Shipwrecks can offer incredible opportunities to find historic treasures and artifacts. Essentially underwater time capsules, wrecks can hold hoards of valuables that would have been lost

By Abdul Moeed A team of explorers recently ventured deep into Ecuador’s Llanganates Mountains, reigniting the centuries-old quest for the lost gold treasure of Inca Emperor Atahualpa. The group, led by photographer Jorge Juan Anhalzer,

Below is a follow-up to the article we posted on December 5 (here). The 16th-century artifacts were found during excavations in Arizona. Researchers say they may be the oldest firearms ever discovered in the continental

Image: Prehistoric tools and ancient anchors were recently discovered off the coast of Sicily. (Soprintendenza del Mare (SopMare) via Facebook) The perplexing wreck contained ancient anchors from several hundreds of years apart By Andrea Margolis,

By Irene Wright On a Sunday evening in August 2022, Szczepan Skibicki went for a swim. The Military Museum employee dipped into the Supraśl river in eastern Poland, something he enjoys in his free time.

by Stack’s Bowers Galleries Rare Coin Found in a Piece of Old Furniture Breaks World Record A small silver coin about the size of a nickel, struck in Boston in 1652, set a world record

Here is the latest from Wreckwatch Magazine. For those of you not familiar with this publication, Wreckwatch covers new discoveries and the latest in shipwreck exploration, maritime trade, history and art. This publication enjoys an

Photo: The hand ax, seen here beside a 20-pence coin, is between 40,000 and 60,000 years old. Worthing Museum A Little Boy Found a Strange Stone on the Beach. Archaeologists Told Him It Was a

Expert says he has solved mystery of lost Nazi treasure worth billions… but is being blocked from digging up the huge hoard of stolen loot by German red tape By JAMES REYNOLDS An expert on

480-year-old firearm discovered in Arizona described by researchers as the ‘oldest’ found in the US Researchers say the bronze cannon found in Arizona is linked to the 1539-1542 expedition led by Vázquez de Coronado A