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The history of shipwreck discoveries has been wrought with legal battles between individuals, companies, and countries trying to lay claim to a shipwreck and its associated artifacts. One of the most contentious legal battles over a shipwreck's ownership rights is over the Spanish galleon San José which sunk off the coast of Cartagena, Colombia.
Expedition to shipwreck in Tallinn Bay. The archaeology of shipwrecks is the field of archaeology specialized most commonly in the study and exploration of shipwrecks. [1] Its techniques combine those of archaeology with those of diving to become Underwater archaeology. However, shipwrecks are discovered on what have become terrestrial sites. [2]
The archaeology of shipwrecks can be divided into a three-tier hierarchy, of which the first tier considers the wrecking process itself: how does a ship break up, how does a ship sink to the bottom, and how do the remains of the ship, cargo and the surrounding environment evolve over time? The second tier studies the ship as a machine, both in ...
New artifacts have been found on the legendary Spanish galleon San Jose, Colombia's government announced Thursday, after the first robotic exploration of the three-century-old shipwreck.. Dubbed ...
The term "marine salvage" refers to the process of recovering a ship, its cargo, or other property after a shipwreck. [1] This is a list of those artifacts recovered from the shipwreck. These artifacts are on display in the Arizona State Capitol Museum , the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Administration Medical Center and in the Wesley Bolin Memorial ...
This week, spot the shipwreck of a legendary polar explorer, spy frost on the tops of Martian volcanoes, meet a vegetarian piranha relative, and more. Newly discovered polar shipwreck may contain ...
The museum took in a variety of artifacts once on display at the Maritime Center before it closed in 2023. Some items are still being cataloged and awaiting a home in the museum's exhibit areas.
Recovered ship's equipment included lead scupper pipes and hull sheeting, and a set of sounding leads weighing 6 and 14 kg (13 and 31 lb). These are the only sounding weights ever discovered on an ancient shipwreck in the Aegean, although comparable examples have been recovered along the Levantine coast.