Archaeologists say the 2,400-year-old ship is so well preserved that even the mast and rowers' benches have survived for millennia.

The Antikythera Mechanism was a hand-cranked system of interlocking bronze gears designed to model the heavens. Turning the crank revealed the positions of the Sun, Moon, and the five planets visible ...

Shipwrecks from ancient times have opened up a page of history that tells us how different cultures collaborated. A treasure trove of sunken cargo that was recently found in the Mediterranean, for ...

We imagine the ancient world as one made of stone. Marble temples, megalithic structures, and rock-hewn tombs dominate the modern image of the pre-modern period. That image is, of course, an ...

Scientists believe the find could push the boundaries of DNA analysis. Divers work next to skeletal remains found at an ancient shipwreck near the island of Antikythera, Greece, Sept. 6, 2016. Greek ...

Divers exploring the centuries-old Antikythera wreck retrieved intact pieces of the ship and found artifacts that shed light on life aboard the craft. The Antikythera shipwreck dates back to the first ...

Archaeologists and divers returned to the 2,000-year-old Antikythera wreck in Greece and found dozens of artifacts, photos show. Photo from Return to Antikythera Off the coast of a Greek island sits ...

When a shipwreck occurs around the world, it often makes the news for a few reasons. It could be that the ship was particularly well-known, or it could be how it sank that gets the public's attention, ...